Quotes About Mentorship

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

I'm in this profession because of Mani Ratnam. He was the one who brought me here. He taught me everything. And he inspired me to make a comeback.

It is better to be compared with a very good coach than the other way.

Compared to Pirlo, I can't even throw a ball. I like to learn from him about what to do ahead of time.

Marc Gasol, everybody compares me to him. I try to look up to him and see how he plays and adjust my game like him.

There's something about that 15- to 18-year-old boy, the time of their life that you can really impact them, not only on the field but off the field and still get the competitiveness that I love.

My main purpose in launching StrongmanAcademy.com is so competitors know how to win and beginners know what to do.

I began working as an assistant since the age of 16 with my father Dabboo Malik, went on to work with composers like Amar Mohile, Salim-Sulaiman, Pritam Da, and Sandeep Chowta.

Whenever I do my concerts, I try to do master classes or students.

I've got the best coaches in the world. I've got confidence in them, and they've got confidence in me.

From a planning standpoint, you want to surround a first-year head coach with quality coaches at all levels.

You always have to surround yourself with people that are more knowledgeable than you or are better at certain skill sets than you are, so they pull you up.

You learn as much as you can from the people that you work with. That's why you want to surround yourself with the heaviest people that you can possibly get to.

I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.

The thing is, I wasn't surrounded by lots of people who were helping me build a career.

I used to be one of those students who needed to see something bigger, and God brought people into my life who gave me a bigger vision than the circumstances that surrounded me.

Right from the start of my career I was surrounded by people like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith, who gave 100 percent in every performance.

I was very lucky because hanging out at a golf course was much better than being on the streets. Golf taught me a great deal. I grew up surrounded by people who were professionals - lawyers, doctors, engineers. Around them, I learned how to behave, speak, eat, dress. I had nothing at home. The club was my home.

It's inspiring being surrounded by people who do more than you. It makes you want to do better. You're in the position to learn from the best.

I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you.

My grandmother actually was not a lawyer, but it feels like I was surrounded by lawyers.

Growing up, I was surrounded by many great men in my life. I watched them and learned, taking it in like a sponge.

I think an artist's true worth comes through an inter-generational thing - when you go beyond your own time, and start influencing people in a greater way than just what surrounds you.

Growing up in the Philippines, I wanted to be so much like my dad. He taught me simple survival stuff.