Adebayo Akinfenwa Quotes

You see guys that have been in the league for a long time and have taken that opportunity to not only make their game better but to make the people around them better. And to help them know things that maybe you wish you had known.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

Roy Schneider was cool. I learned quite a bit from him.

It is important to watch and learn from the seniors in the team.

It's about showing the kids from your city that you are worth believing in. It's about being the man your family prayed you'd be.

Being around veteran leaders such as CC Sabathia and Brett Gardner really helped me.

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

Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor.

If you're a young man, and you're being coached by someone like Guy Lewis, you're going to become a better man.

I call him 'Daddy Coach.' He's taught me everything that he's known so I'm able to do what I'm able to do.

I would love to mentor youngsters.

There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.

In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.

A great guy who is no longer in the league right now who is retired, Kyle Vanden Bosch, I learned a lot from him, and I owe him a lot for my success in the NFL.

I am supposed to set an example to young players.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

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.

There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

Being a role model is a privilege.

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.

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

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.