Masai Ujiri Quotes

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

Doesn't everyone in life deserve a chance to show what they can do?

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

I judge people based on their capability, honesty, and merit.

Honoring everyone contains the promise of possibility.

Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in prison.

I think most of us would agree that people who have, say, little formal schooling but labor honestly and diligently to help feed, clothe, and educate their families are deserving of greater respect - and help, if necessary - than many people who are superficially more successful.

It is a mistake to condemn a horse for being slim and to condemn a capable person for being poor.

I want to have an opportunity to be somewhere where I'm wanted.

Like I always say, the man makes the title; the title doesn't make the man.

People with Down syndrome can do anything. They just do it at their own pace. Give them a chance, and you will be rewarded beyond your greatest expectations.

We live in a great state filled with creative, community minded, hard-working, decent people. And what they want from us is opportunity, possibility and hope.

I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.

Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.

There's a ton of talent in this country. Some just need to be given a shot.

All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do.... Build, therefore, your own world.

A son of a poor man is standing in front of you today. This is the strength of a democracy.

There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.

Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.

The most important to me is, Theo is a good person first and foremost. And I think that has a lot to do with it. He's not deceitful. He's an honest guy, a good guy. There's a lot more to this thing than it being a job for him, being born and raised here, the Red Sox being as important as they are to him. Above all else, Theo understands he's a compromiser. Theo understands that the clubhouse is our home. He doesn't invade that privacy often. When he does, he doesn't make you uncomfortable and that says as much about him as anything.

A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses.

Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.

Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things.

I definitely believe in the power of education. I believe the more people know, the more they are able to do what they can.