Ann Cotton Quotes

What America is thirsting for now is a battalion of strong, down-to-earth 'doers' - managers, frontline activists, business and social entrepreneurs engaged in tackling America's manifold problems of unemployment, education, and competitive slouch.

As we've seen time and again, women and girls who are out there working, they are truly force multipliers, spreading opportunity through their families and communities - and not just by creating programs and nonprofit organizations, not just by hiring other women, but also by serving as role models themselves.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

The three greatest people in my life were white, OK. My high school coach, my high school superintendent and my mentor in Manhasset, Long Island.

I feel like my role is to be one of those voices who reaches the youth.

When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is possible to challenge limiting norms and stereotypes, and to succeed.

The Talented Tenth is alive and well today and visible in all arenas of prominence. 'That they may guide the mass away from the contamination and death of the worst, in their own and other races.' As they elevate themselves from the masses, they ensure their success and that of their fellow Talented Tenth friends.

At our best, we are all teachers

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

There are too many African-Americans with too much money for us to have to go to anybody else for anything in terms of schools, in terms of scholarships, in terms of entrepreneurship, in terms of moving us along as a group to that place where we should be as a people.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

The seeds of success in every nation on Earth are best planted in women and children.

Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.

Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.

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.

We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.

Education does loads of things for girls that won't surprise you at all - it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone.

When girls are educated, you get effects that cascade throughout society.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

You have the opportunity to make a tremendous impact on the lives of the people with whom you work and live. Make the most of it.

My mission in life is to assist women in social and political empowerment through business and education.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

I want to contribute to sport and the community in a positive way.