Tom Glavine Quotes

Nobody has had a bigger influence on me as far as day-to-day preparation than Todd Lickliter. He was a huge, huge, huge influence.

Coach Dyer was a great mentor for me and a great teacher.

I didn't play much under Imranbhai, but he was special.

Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.

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

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

My manager is definitely a mentor as well as Usher.

Ava DuVernay is my personal Phil Jackson. She's a perfect coach.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

Laurence Fishburne is my mentor.

I'm queen of mentorship.

There's not a day goes by that I don't ask, What would Coach Saban do?

Coach Godsey is a brilliant mind, a great teacher, and it's been fun learning from him so far.

I've always said, other than my dad, coaches had the greatest impact on me.

When we talk my biggest influence, I have to say Van Gaal. He threw me in the deep end.

Witten was my guy. I stayed in Wit's hip pocket and did everything I could to learn from him, learn how to be a pro.

I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

I would say Triple H is the biggest influence on my career. He's almost like a father figure. If I slip up, or there's a problem, he lets me know.

Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

Rod Strickland has been influential. He gives me a lot of advice, good and bad games; he is someone I really look up to a lot.

Sir Alex has a special place in my life. In fact, he was the main man. I was not famous, I was not a star. I arrived at Old Trafford as just another young talent. He was the one who told me to do all the right things. He gave me the opportunity to play in one of the biggest clubs in the world. So he is one of the most important people in the world for me. I worked with Sir Alex for a few years and I know he deserves ­everything that he has achieved in his career. He works so hard, he is clever, he has experience, he is a human guy.

I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.