Per Mertesacker Quotes

A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people.

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

I like that there are young people being given opportunities to explore and learn and grow and become themselves with a path that is associated with my mother. She would have liked that very much.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

It's always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.

Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm not kidding myself that that would be true at the professional level.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.

Many more of our young people have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy and the other arts of peace. But liberty is not quite the same thing as opportunity; the fact that young people are free to develop their abilities and talents in constructive ways does not necessarily mean that they will do so, unless they get help and support from adults.

Team Griffin Foundation is a foundation trying to inspire young men and women to give them organization, give them something to have, kind of like when I was growing up. I had people who were supporting me, giving me the right tools that I needed to be able to achieve my dreams.

I've watched what coaches do for young people in our country.

What we want is for our young people to be skilled.

It's not just teachers, but coaches are helping to shape the young people of tomorrow.

Not every young player is going to succeed at Barca.

When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their dreams, help them reach their goals.

We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it.

I love talking to the youth and helping them as much as I can or encouraging them, if I can help them at all.

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

Where there is peace, there is sports; where there is sports, there is peace. Peace is what allows us, especially young people, to dream, go after one's goals and prepare you for the next challenge in life.

Acting aggressively will allow our youth to aspire for better-paid jobs and find alternatives to criminality.

We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.

Part of my success was having a place to play as a kid.

I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.