Niko Kovac Quotes

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

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

Mentorship is critical for young people. Mentorship by others for my children is very high on my agenda.

All of us are mentors. You're mentors right here and now. And one of the things I've always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

My father figures were my coaches.

When I was coming through, I had very little support from the older players. I always said to myself that if I make it, I never want to be that kind of person. I have a passion for seeing young players develop, so every young player who comes into the first team, I am willing to listen. I will give him everything I have.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I like to be supportive and a role model.

I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.

I try to develop others. I get a great deal of joy out of helping people who, over the years, I've spent a lot of time mentoring - and just trying to get them to another level.

I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

My manager is definitely a mentor as well as Usher.

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

I had the benefit of being guided by Lew Wasserman. I think part of being a mentor is you have to have confidence in the people you're guiding and mentoring.

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

I have been tremendously impacted and influenced by my coaches. It's nice to play for people that are going to support you.

Phillip Noyce was not just good to me but an inspiration to me.

It's been true in my life that when I've needed a mentor, the right person shows up.

I feel like I've been very blessed to have some great mentors through the years, starting with Don James, who was my college coach, who really inspired me to want to be a coach, which is not something that I really had in mind.

I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you.

There's nothing better than having a positive impact on kids.

I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.

If I'm your boss, and I truly want you to be successful... I'm inherently going to teach you. I'm inherently going to correct your mistakes. I'm inherently going to spend time with you. I'm inherently going to lead you.

I'm queen of mentorship.