Quotes About Mentorship

When I bagged 'Arundathi,' I don't think I knew how to act. It was because of director Shyamprasad Reddy that I delivered that performance.

My coaches deserve a lot of respect.

I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.

I was a terrible student. When I went to Sidwell Friends, there were 100 kids in my class. I was the worst student, by far. But I had a few teachers who, despite all that, believed in me.

Watching a guy go from not having ever played an NBA game before to growing up and developing into an All-Star player, that's probably the most rewarding thing that you can do as a coach.

I want to be known as someone who develops individuals, not just companies.

I had some major league help. Andrew Dice Clay and Robert Townsend were there for me.

In my career, Diego Maradona had the biggest influence on me.

I have been really lucky to learn and play with the best in the game. It makes one go to a different level.

As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on 'All in the Family.' He helped me get my start as a director. He was the one who said, 'Let him do 'Spinal Tap.' Let him give it a try,' because I had been trying for years to get that thing off the ground.

What I'm trying to do is bring young people into doing tap so that the art form will keep going.

My first tape was 'Hey, I can do what y'all do.' It's new, flashy, and not through rap. It was a guy singing how cool he was. I'm here with big bro Drake; I'm his little gunner.

I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years.

I watched Magic Johnson on tape. I didn't have a chance to watch him live. I remember I was 12 or 13, watching games, going to the gym and trying to mimic what they do. Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, all those guys.

I would watch a lot of old tapes of David Letterman doing his talk show and a lot of interviews. I never had a mentor in my career because my approach has always been so different. Letterman stayed true to who he was, and his staff was always fantastic, so for me, that was always important.

Santana is the reason I play guitar - I studied his style so much, I actually wore out the video tapes.

Paul Nixon taught me to break a run chase down into little targets. I suppose I stole his cues and took them into my own game.

With every task you think, 'What did I do wrong there? What could I do better?' That's why I've spent my life gravitating towards people who can show me how to improve.

Above all, we must be conscious of the primary pedagogical task, namely that we must first make something of ourselves so that a living inner spiritual relationship exists between the teacher and the children.

Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all these greats, I was taught to listen and observe.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.

Coach Clune has been a great person to me, he taught me a lot, linebacker-wise.