Quotes About Empathy

Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing.

Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.

I don't ever remember them telling us or teaching us that the only way we could be more successful is if other people were less successful. They never inculcated the belief that somehow, in order for us to climb the ladder, other people have to come down from the ladder.

When you're teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, 'Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you're writing about?'

I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.

In the pulpit, we're supposed to present the teaching with all of its unvarnished clarity, but when you step out of the pulpit, you have to meet people where they are and try to walk with them.

I was painfully shy when I was a kid. I always thought when most people were born, part of the toolkit was teaching you how to relate to other people - and it was just left out of my toolkit.

I cannot speak for Jesus, but I can quote his teachings, and he said, 'Love your neighbor as yourself'... How would he react to me playing Jesus? He wouldn't judge it. He wouldn't judge his own enemy... Playing this part highlights his teaching in a very nice way.

So much of what Christ's teachings are about have to do with the way that we take care of the least among us.

People know if you care about them. How do you show people that you care? By caring for them. By putting their needs first. By sacrificing for them. By serving them. Do that, and you'll build a great team.

I like to help create team spirit in the dressing room. I feel that I've got loads of love to give.

The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.

I try to be a good teammate.

It's always tough to see a teammate go unless he is willing to go.

I just need to be a good teammate if I don't get looks.

It's never easy to watch. It's never great to see your friend or teammate put himself through hell.

You never know what anyone's going through, and you always want to be there and be that teammate to support them.

I really don't like not being able to help my teammates.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

Seeing my teammates happy is more fun than me actually doing something.

My family taught me about that, about being the leader, being there for your teammates and caring about everything during the game, after the game, before the game.

I can deal with the criticism of myself. I get mad when people talk about my teammates.

It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.

One reason I've had success is that I try to think of everyone around me as more important than myself - teammates, coaches, equipment guys, everybody.