Shaquille O'Neal Quotes

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

I like getting older and being the person who people ask for help.

In my fifties, I was still in creation mode. Now I have more of a responsibility to step back and mentor and offer wisdom, offer sign posts on the path.

Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.

You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

When you've lived as long I've lived, you see things from a bigger lens, and you try to share that with the young guys coming up, including being patient.

All I can say to the kids is if you've a problem in fishing or life, if you talk to an older person, you're gonna end up alright, because nine times out of 10, they've been through the same thing.

But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status.

There's something to be learned by listening and absorbing and watching before you start telling the people who have been there how to rearrange chairs.

David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.

Age is rarely a limitation to being a mentor.

We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.

Imagine if the people who have lived and learned still had the vitality to act upon the hard learned lessons - and not just share in a conversation, but lead.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

I wish there were people when I was young that I had a respect for and looked up to that I could have been guided by. I didn't have that, and I really do wish I did because I think I would've learned a lot more.

It is important to watch and learn from the seniors in the team.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

Playing one year under Coach K feels like you've played for three years. I learned so much from him; gained a lot of wisdom and knowledge from him.

I do think there is a responsibility for myself as being a senior professional footballer to be able to pass on my experiences to the younger generation.

When I pictured myself in the NBA, I always imagined myself with an older guy taking me under his wing.