Bob McNair Quotes

A dynamic economy begins with a good education.

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.

If my idea was just to maintain a certain lifestyle, there would be no need to get a Ph.D. But I do care very deeply about the idea side as well.

I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did.

A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.

I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.

Because education is the backbone of a competitive workforce and successful economy, making it a priority is not uncommon.

A good education is a foundation for a better future.

If it weren't for my education, I truly wouldn't be as successful at my job as a model.

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'

'Strictly Business' is about a young black man who is learning about himself, and that applies to a lot of young black men, those who are trying to find jobs. This film gives them a good look at that situation.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

A good education should leave much to be desired.

Our ability to compete for the jobs of tomorrow depends, above all, on our capacity to educate children today.

I'm very lucky, coming from a great school.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.

When you come from the working class and you do well enough whereby you can provide a little bit better for your family, get a decent roof over their head and send them to a good school, that's considered a good thing.

Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

Blueprints are for Harvard MBAs. I dropped out of college.

If you want to earn more, learn more.

Well, I tell young people to be successful today that, first of all, that what you learn today directly impacts what you earn tomorrow. This is a knowledge-based economy.

The value of a good education has never left me.

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

I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.