Michael Masser Quotes

I always have to bring back an all-A report card.

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.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

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.

I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

How you do in school determines how you do in life.

You cannot help but notice that schools that take music seriously tend to be more academically successful.

I kind of always did get good grades.

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

When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.

I would like my kids to study well.

The report I remember most vividly from school is the one I destroyed before I got home, telling my parents I'd lost it. Three words stood out, and still do: 'Must try harder'.

Now that I'm a XXL Freshman, you know, I feel like that sets high standards for me, and I feel like I have to deliver.

Both my girls have always made great grades in school.

I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about history and thought I needed a First.

My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at school. GCSEs were just a breeze for me.

Not many people get that 'happily ever after' they want in life. There are disappointments every step of the way, no matter how hard one strives for the best.

I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.

I got good grades. I played sports.

I left school just after my GCSEs, but I got good results so I proved to myself that I could do it.

I was a good but not super serious student until about 10th grade, until I was about 14 or 15. Then I started to realise how competitive the world is. I started to meet kids who were more high-performing.

I got into Cambridge and it all went downhill.

I tell kids to be as passionate about your education as you are about anything else in life.

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

I never thought I would get a degree of any type.