Quotes About Guidance

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.

Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.

We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

There's a verse in the Bible: 'Those who are barren have more children than those who give birth.' There are young people all over the world who come to me for advice and love. I have all the children I can handle.

Young people are not immune to following God's commands concerning discipline.

Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a result.

It's rewarding to know that I have young people in the gym who have the same goals as I had, and now I can help them reach those goals.

I love being in real life, and in particular, I like being with young people.

I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.

The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.

I am supposed to set an example to young players.

We have to help others. I hope that some of the young players today understand that. It's not about them. The Man Upstairs gave them that ability to play, and play consistently, but he also wants them to open their hearts and understand that people need their help.

When you're a veteran and speak to a lot of these young players, teach them a lot of things, it's amazing to me the way they're able to translate that to the court.

As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.

I feel it's my duty to get to the young players, tell them what's out there.

I like working with young players.

Obviously, I talk to young players and help them a little bit with my experience.

When I made the transition from player to coach, I evaluated myself and saw that I needed to improve my personality. I would fight with players - literally. I was 35, and you can't be like that; you have young players to guide. You have to transmit calm.

When I was coming through, I had very little support from the older players. I always said to myself that if I make it, I never want to be that kind of person. I have a passion for seeing young players develop, so every young player who comes into the first team, I am willing to listen. I will give him everything I have.

I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.

You can only advise young players to make the step to Liverpool.

My dream is to help young players. I don't want them to make the mistakes I did in the past.

You don't want to push your young players too much.