Jerry Rice Quotes

Part of becoming a little bit older and having the opportunities that I have, you want to start giving back to people who have been influential and helped you along the way.

I wanted to give back to football what it's given me. So, I decided, 'I'm going to be a coach.'

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.

I remember, when I was young, I had idols who inspired me to go for my dreams, and I just want to give the same back.

Football has given me so many opportunities in life and now I want to play my role in supporting others through the game.

I would like to praise all of my coaches, from Pep to the first I had as a kid, because all of them have helped make me who I am.

Three years under Saban changed me. He's the best coach in the world at what he does.

I'm close to Coach Kingsbury. He really helped my game and helped me as a person a lot. He's a genuine good person and, at the same time, a very smart football coach.

Coach Saban did his best job to make me a better player and a better person. I thank him for that.

Football has given me a lot and I have tried my best to give something back.

We are all what we are, in large degree, because of others who have helped, coached, taught, counseled, who set a standard by example, who've taken an interest in our interests, opened doors, opened our minds, helped us see, who gave encouragement when we needed it, who reprimanded or prodded when we needed it, and at critical moments, inspired.

Successful people rely heavily on their mentors. Ordinary people don't. It's that simple.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

The success that Pantera had, I could have never, ever forecasted or predicted, and I always felt a responsibility to try to pay even a bit of it forward.

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.

Not just my parents, but teachers, friends, mentors - a host of people are to be thanked for any success I have had, and a whole lot of just plain luck.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch.

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

I've gotten to meet so many people who've inspired me as a human being.