Quotes About Guidance

Whether you're an athlete or a student, having an adult who believes in you and can give you advice and wisdom that is coming from a place of experience is an incredible asset to help guide you through your young life.

My son is trying to be a sports writer, and my daughter is a college student. She wants to be a comedy writer, and she's at film school. I discouraged both of them early on from getting involved in Starbucks. I didn't think it would be fair; plus, they didn't have any interest anyway.

I think Jay-Z is probably my best student, and I can say that he listens, and that's what always made him special.

It is striking to see the magnitude of impact mentorship and tutoring can have on student performance and young lives.

It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.

A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, 'If you don't know how to make the right decision, you're not a director.'

I became an academic so that I could share my knowledge and experience with students.

It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it!

Lately I've been going to all these high schools talking to the students, answering their questions, listening to what they have to say. It has been an incredible journey to be around them and try to give them what my mother gave me.

Many of our students say, 'We wish we had a mentor in high school. We wish we had someone we could spend more time with, who paid more attention to us, who I could sit down with and talk to when I had a problem.' So relationships are critical.

The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'

Harry Dean Stanton, Anjelica Huston - a lot of people have studied with me. It's paying my dues.

Both my parents wanted me to excel academically, like every other parent. They wanted me to pursue my higher studies.

I was told by my father nine times a day that you were going to get a job the minute you finish your studies.

I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.

In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.

The studios knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything.

We don't over-manage projects like the studios do.

Beyond studying, though, I think a coach should mainly have knowledge of football: if you do not know what to say to the players then you are not going anywhere.

My parents were very spiritual folks. I grew up studying the Bible. My dad's a Christian academy teacher. I grew up with a big spiritual influence. It's a big part of my life.

I give it all to Based God, I'm just putting stuff together that the Based God gives me.

Mothers, stay close to your daughters. Earn and deserve their love and respect. Be united with their father in the rearing of your children. Do nothing in your life to cause your daughters to stumble because of your example.

If you ask me whether I can direct, I can. In fact, I have shot several songs, scenes and stunts. When certain directors of my movies were not able to be there for some reason and had asked me to help out, I have directed. But to helm an entire movie is a different art altogether.