James G. Stavridis Quotes

I have been working with young people for more than 25 years.

I am honored to be selected as the first-ever PGA WORKS Ambassador. Through CORE4, we are committed to training, educating and guiding young men and women toward success in everything they do in life.

Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it.

I mean, I knew I wanted to do this kind of thing in school, but to actually have somebody that would bring you into that world, that was really exciting, you know?

I love working with young people which to me is a big kick.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence over young people than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

I take my mentoring responsibilities very seriously.

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good.

I do believe the most important thing I can do now is to help young people understand the past and prepare for the future.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.

I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested.

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.

Most of my job and most of what I do is to mentor people. There are a lot of people I work with that I don't have investments in.

I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.

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.

I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.

At the moment we need training for leadership.