Sal Khan Quotes

Competition among schools is always a great motivator.

My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's.

We should not have 8th grade graduations. Instead we should tell the students, “You have a long way to go. Get your butt down and study.”

My mum and dad pushed me to work hard in my earlier years in education.

I'm passionate about schoolwork because I don't like getting bad grades.

I was a student that responded well to knowing what to work on.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

I was always a very good student.

Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was always concerned about me academically.

I went to a very academically competitive high school. So I was always quite studious and quiet, just to keep up with the other geniuses who were in my school.

As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before.

There are two kinds of students: those who study and work to survive, while others who want to be achievers.

Both my girls have always made great grades in school.

I'm a representative of what you can become if you work hard and you focus on your education.

Schools reward their students for a combination of intelligence, perseverance, and hard work - in the classroom and on the playing fields. But these metrics don't help kids understand that great grades are not a pass for a great life.

I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at.

My drive comes from my parents and from Westminster.