Jamila Woods Quotes

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

Tommy Smothers is my longest mentor, and Dave Eggers is my youngest.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

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

I had the benefit of being guided by Lew Wasserman. I think part of being a mentor is you have to have confidence in the people you're guiding and mentoring.

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

I don't necessarily have one mentor or 'a' mentor. But I do pull inspiration from people, and that's always kind of served me well.

You are only as powerful as your mentors.

Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

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

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.

Teachers are important in this world.

I think I will never stop having mentors.

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.

There's nothing better than having a positive impact on kids.

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

I got an old school coach who's more of a teacher than a coach.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

My father figures were my coaches.

I would say Triple H is the biggest influence on my career. He's almost like a father figure. If I slip up, or there's a problem, he lets me know.

If I could turn into my old coaches, or my parents, then I'd consider that a definite plus.

I'm sort of a father figure to a lot of these players.

Rod Strickland has been influential. He gives me a lot of advice, good and bad games; he is someone I really look up to a lot.