Jalen Brunson Quotes

Up until I was a junior at Georgia, I felt that when all was said and done, I'd at least have a college degree to fall back on when tennis was finished.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

Americans believe if you go to college, you have something to fall back on, which makes sense. I don't have any degrees. If I hadn't become a golfer, I have no idea what I would be doing with my life.

I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.

I want to finish high school, but that will be it.

Getting that degree is something that is very important to me and my family.

A high school and college degree are linked to greater employment prospects, higher earning potential, and the ability to contribute more to our communities.

Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.

I try to cover myself, to have another movie under way before the last one comes out. I've been able to just scrape by, holding out for good parts instead of taking anything.

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.

The first dream I had was just to get a college education. I got through college in three years, taking extra classes in summer school.

For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did not have a college degree.

You feel the pressure of going to university because you need a back-up plan, which is why I enrolled.

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni, go to art school - then again, I was like, 'Maybe I should just go and get a job, start early and make money.'

Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.

My parents' greatest wish was that I graduated from college. Neither of my parents had a college education, and they really wanted me to have one.

I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

I would say it is important to have a good education, as hockey is a career that does not last many years, and you need to be prepared for this.

I have always said that after sport, I wanted a life, I wanted an opportunity, I wanted to be able to do something. And if something happens - the economy falls out or the dollar is worthless, anything could happen - you have to be ready to work. And I'm ready.

There's probably people that go to Harvard and say, 'Listen, I went to Harvard. I got a great education, and I can't find a job, or I didn't become the success that I could have been.' Sure, I mean, you probably have that at every major university.