Quotes About Mentorship

Mentorship has been an excuse not to promote women.

We've come a long way, but we've still got a long way to go, so we need to give our time to promote the game and be role models - to make the next generation see us and want to become us.

A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.

I would not advise a young player to even listen to Byron Scott, because he is the worst coach at communicating with young guys, and I'm living proof.

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

I just follow great people. If you want to play like a pro, you learn from the pros.

Conor is not emulating me. He has to be his own man and learn his trade from the start. He will fight in the amateurs and then, if it works, the pros.

I would never tell young people to break the law or avoid prosecution.

I enjoy working with Prakash Jha. An actor prospers if he or she gets a chance to work with him.

My objective as a mentor, as a father, as a manager and as a former participant of the great game of boxing is to protect mine, but also the opponent. Especially if I can see things which I have experienced before.

I don't say what I feel. I say what was said to me because my senior professionals were amazing to me. If I can do anything similar to the young pups, I will do that. My senior pros protected me and looked after me and made me feel amazing.

We just need more father figures and more older people to come and school these youth, because there will be a lost generation. And that's what a gang's supposed to be, protecting family and doing what you've got to do for your loved ones.

I feel very protective of younger actresses, because it was so hard for me in the business.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

I'm a fan of coaching.

You know, master classes are essentially extended Q&As. That's how I always approach them. I don't mean to downplay it. It's just that I never fancy myself as someone who is taking a class. 'Master class' insinuates a teacher, and I'm not one.

But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!

If I can be a role model for kids, then that's fantastic. That's what I want to do.

Jurgen Klopp is like my father.

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

The wonderful John Avildsen was a hero and father figure who was really present in my life even though we didn't have day-to-day or year-to-year.

It's important for girls to have a strong father figure in their lives.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

From being my coach as a kid, and starting his own AAU team for myself and my brothers to play... my father was a father figure for a lot of people I grew up with. We've done amazing things together. It's the type of father-son bond that nothing will separate us.