Gareth Barry Quotes

My mentors in life are much older than me and have been through life. They can actually give me some sound advice on what I'm going through.

I understand the importance of mentorship for young people, even outside their parents. That's more important now than ever. You gotta have that support system everywhere you can.

How can we ask for our young stars to have a high level of responsibility if we are not demonstrating that same level of responsibility towards them?

I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

It's so important to seek out mentors and knowledge from those who have come before you, and I don't think I would be where I am today, both professionally and personally, without each and every mentor who helped me along the way.

Girl Scouts helps girls make decisions that are right for them and offer support.

My uncle is just, like, always pushing me to be better, be a man, and showing me the ropes of the game.

I think most young players who take off from the start are usually put in a situation where they are surrounded by good, veteran players.

I've always enjoyed the coaching side, working with young players, trying to improve them and to make them not only see football different but to see life differently.

When I had older guys around me, I kind of leaned on them for advice and went through tough times.

I was raised with moral principles that would not be shaken in hard times. And mentorship is huge - it's really important to be around people who have been where you've been, people you look up to and who will keep you strong.

I've got big homies that done been through the same thing I've been through and they made it out, changed their life and they come back and snatch young cats up and lecture them and let them know right way to do it.

If you can help someone become a good young woman or a good young man, they have a better chance of surviving in this business.

When you get a bit older, you gain more experience, and you try to put it to good use, to help yourself in different ways and also the young players.

I've found that having role models and mentors who I resonate with is so important - a lot of people have so many questions and may not know where to go to get answers or may not have someone who can relate enough to even answer in the first place.

Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

In ordinary life, a mentor can guide a young man through various disciplines, helping to bring him out of boyhood into manhood; and that in turn is associated not with body building, but with building and emotional body capable of containing more than one sort of ecstasy.

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

I have a mentor. I have... guides. I have a lot of guides. Not a lot, but people whose opinions I really respect and who I will turn to.

You can choose your family sometimes. You can choose people, it could be a teacher, it could be a professor, it could be someone you work with that actually genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed.

When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.

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.

My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my mind and helped me with my craft.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots.