Quotes About Mentorship

Ask any player. You're only as good as your coach allows you to be.

Many times, my role was to work as a link between the coaches and the players; it was to be a leader. That was something natural for me.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

When players come in and we talk to them about what it means to be a Miami Heat player, we point them at Udonis Haslem.

I've been really lucky, played with a lot of great players, lot of great coaches.

Mentorship plays such an important role in business - we know it's a must - and I believe schools should embrace it in a much fuller way.

Because I didn't go to graduate school or have mentorship out of college, meeting other playwrights and developing those friendships as a result of being a 'grown up' playwright - that's become an essential community for me. My contemporaries are all my mentors whether they know it or not.

From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.

I'm really pleased with the way my career is shaping up. How many actresses get a chance to work with legends like Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali?

If what I say or what I do affects others who look up to me as a role model, that pleases me so much.

Rampone and the other experienced players gave me plenty of support when I first came into the national team in 2013.

She's very special and I've learned plenty from being around Renae. She's helped me go up another level in all categories; it's special to watch her because I'm aware of the work she has done.

I don't go out there and talk crap about Urijah and there's plenty to talk about. I'm just gonna continue to be a humble guy and appreciate what he did for me in this sport.

I was friends with Cube; he was also a fan of mine, and I a fan of him. Even before Balistyx happened I was hanging out with him, taking him to 'The Arsenio Hall Show' for his first time. I was like, 'Ice Cube, I've got a plus 1, you should go,' and I took him. Cube wasn't known at all yet.

You know, one of my favorite movies that inspired me and got me started was 'Dead Poet's Society.'

My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice.

Coach Kidd has taught me a lot just from the point guard position.

My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together.

My mom's the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I'm a lump of clay and she's moulding me into a woman.

I'm trying to be the Dr. Dre of Cleveland.

If I hadn't gone towards boxing, I might have been one of those kids getting into trouble. A lot of my friends did. They were clever kids at school, but they just went down the wrong path.

In 1997, my father appointed me CEO but acted as player-coach, keeping busy on long-term clients such as KFC and international travel brands.

At the end of the day, I connect very closely with the youth. I love the youth. I love the young people.

I feel like me and YG are the closest to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that people are gonna get.