Quotes About Mentorship

Ron Simmons had a lot to do with Rock's success.

My rookie year was so much easier, and it was so much shorter than most rookies due to the fact that I had KG. That changes everything. I was blessed to have the opportunity to play with KG - not only learn but play with KG. Not many people in the NBA are able to say that.

When you're a rookie, sometimes your voice is not really heard.

I might be out of the league if I didn't have a guy like K.G. to show me the ropes and a coach like Doc Rivers.

Yonder showed me the ropes about life, showed me the ropes about baseball life; he showed me a lot that I couldn't have learned by myself.

I learned a lot from Russell T. Davies, who is the most wonderful writer.

I'm not a saint - I'm not saying that - but I was lucky enough to work with people who believed in me, and I want to honor that until the day I die. I'm still learning and still evolving, though.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

Sam Shepard is - I didn't tell this to Sammy, but if I had to point to one artist that made me want to do this for my life, it's Sam Shepard.

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don't care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

There's a lot of coaches who are just going to try to save themselves before saving you.

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.

I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more.

A.R. Rahman is not a musician, he is a musical scientist, and when he gives advice, you need to take it seriously.

Inzaghi was one that I really liked to watch because he was completely different to how I played, but he gave me something I didn't have and actually helped me out a lot. Probably a lot of the goals I score now have come from him.

Scott Rolen is a guy I used to watch a lot.

Scripts and directors make great actors, not the other way around.

When I was in Seattle, I listened to Carlos Guillen and other older players.

Everything I am I owe to Sterling Sharpe. He made me a better football player, a better father, and a better man. He was, and always will be, my hero.

I owe my whole career to Howard Lancour.

Everything I have, I owe to Jardim Irene. I want the children to see me there, that I'm giving them attention, so that they can have a good role model.

I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.

A great guy who is no longer in the league right now who is retired, Kyle Vanden Bosch, I learned a lot from him, and I owe him a lot for my success in the NFL.

I owe Mr. Bergman so much.