Jesse Itzler Quotes

Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

People think you can find a mentor by walking up to somebody and saying, 'Hey, be my mentor,' or by sending an e-mail to someone you've never e-mailed before and saying, 'Hey, I want you to mentor me.' But, mentorship really happens in rooms that you're actually in.

Cultivating relationships with people who've achieved what you want to achieve makes the path fuller and more fun.

The travel, the amazing work I have had the chance to do, the meetings with different people are all very inspiring and give me lots of positive energy.

If you don't go talk to your boss, if you don't go talk to your mentors, if you don't go talk to people who can influence where you want to be, then they don't know. And they're not mind readers.

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.

I love meeting new people and telling them about my stories and my projects that I am working on.

My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Believe it or not, the first spark for everything I've done today came down to me meeting one person in college who changed my life. A student named Anthony Adams who lived across the hall from me in our freshman dorm showed me what it meant to be an 'entrepreneur' when I saw him launch his own start-up company.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly trying to get in front of people.

I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.

The biggest part of why I am where I am today is not only because people can relate to me and my story but because I hit the road and actually saw them face to face and shook their hands.

Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage people to make their own life stories.

Once you figure out what your passion is, surround yourself with like-minded people who can help you grow.

The biggest thing I learned at Wisconsin was, it's all who you work for, not where you work or what level.

There are always a ton of different people to learn from and people that are pushing me to get better.

The eight months I took off between 'Teen Vogue' and 'Lucky' afforded me such amazing opportunities, and I learned so much from so many different people - the brands that I worked with, the companies that I was consulting for.

I've worked with a lot of coaches in my career, but one man stands out, and that's Mr Ancelotti.

I love hanging out with skilled and motivated people.

I'm always looking out for interesting people.

I've gotten to meet so many talented people!

You always want to surround yourself with better people than you.

I spent a lot of time with Rahul Dravid, working on my game and chatting about cricket. He helped me a lot in the games I played for India 'A.'

Nashville has pushed me to improve constantly as few other places could, and I'm grateful for that.