Eric Greitens Quotes

I've always said, other than my dad, coaches had the greatest impact on me.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

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.

My father figures were my coaches.

I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.

I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

Mentorship is critical for young people. Mentorship by others for my children is very high on my agenda.

I've been blessed to have a lot of mentors in my life that just have been good people and hard workers. Jae Crowder is one of them; Jimmy Butler is one of them.

Some people shun the idea of role models but I think it's one of the most important things people have in life - role models, to look up to.

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

I believe my father has and always will be the strongest influence in my life, as he has guided me on many paths.

I think the years on 'The Donna Reed Show,' the years from 14 to 19, were so incredibly important. Donna Reed was simply an extraordinary woman, a woman of great strength, kindness, integrity and compassion. I am not trying to make her sound like a saint, but she had the most profound influence on me. I carry her with me today.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

John Wooden made a name as a coach but also a life as a mentor.

Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.

My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.

My father has been my role model. And I always looked up to him - be it his management philosophy or his approach towards life.

Roy Schneider was cool. I learned quite a bit from him.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

Not many young women of my age have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful mentor in their life.