Mentorship Quotes · Page 61

The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

— Orson Scott Card

Coaches around the country are influencing the next generation of men in a positive way.

— Bob Stoops

To be honest my mentor was my mom and dad. I was very blessed and fortunate to have parents like I had.

— Robert Parish

When you are not winning, the coach is more or less the weakest person in the team who can be replaced.

— Michael Ballack

My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans.

— Wendell Pierce

Thirty per cent of coaching is tactics, 70% social competence.

— Julian Nagelsmann

I never had a coach teach me, my style of batting, nor do I believe in coaching at an international level.

— Shahid Afridi

I have mentors like Erykah Badu. She's been like a big sister to me.

— Janelle Monae

We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities.

— Charles Best

My mentors in life are much older than me and have been through life. They can actually give me some sound advice…

— Nicole Trunfio

Questions to ask yourself: Are you a good teacher? Who would know? You would. Your students. Your friends. Your God. Not a…

— Joe J. Christensen

Not just part of us becomes a teacher. It engages the whole self - the woman or man, wife or husband, mother…

— Sylvia Ashton-Warner

My books arose from my own experience, when I sought guidance in practical leadership in my career. In sum, I strive to…

— James M Strock

A lot of teachers' hands are tied, and I feel sorry for them, as well as coaches. They're giving their resources to…

— John Smoltz

My dad has always been my coach. And I've spent so much time with him. So he's one of my best friends.…

— Caroline Wozniacki

My mom and grandfather are my first teachers of music. Those experiences and the process of exploring music as a discipline through…

— Guillermo E. Brown

You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep…

— Sharon Lawrence

My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for…

— Didi Conn

I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my…

— John Wooden

I never expected to do what I can, but with my coaching staff and my training and coming to terms with my…

— Robert Whittaker

“Alongside the formal training to be found on professional and academic training courses, and the expertise that can be discovered through attending…

— Robert J. Lowe

An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than…

— Orson Scott Card

I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for…

— Brendon Burchard

When you're a guitar teacher, you teach people for a few years, and you become comrades after a while. Because everybody eventually…

— Joe Satriani

Find someone you admire and ask them to mentor you. The worst they can say is no.

— Jasmine Crockett

Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

— Confucius

Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We're in the education business.

— John Wooden

“In every village there is a candle, the teacher; and an extinguisher, the clergy.”

— Victor Hugo

I take acting lessons with my coach, and what do I get famous for? Holding a puppy!

— Kim Coates

I never knew teachers are human beings like everybody else-- and better too!

— William Saroyan

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

— Anthony Hopkins

All my coaches tell me that I have been under achieving.

— Shane Warne

As a coach, I've got to get better. I've got to improve.

— Mike Budenholzer

The gifted needs a good teacher, plenty of work and much of bravery.

— Mariana Fulger

My dad was a principal and coach. My sister was a superintendent of schools in West Virginia.

— Mike D'Antoni

A coach's life is that, when you win, it is easy, and when you lose, you're no good; it's all your fault.

— Luis Enrique

The most important thing is the time you spend with the coach and what you all achieve.

— Clint Dempsey

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book..

— Anonymous

If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.

— Bill Mollison

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

— Nell Carter