Kelvin Sampson Quotes

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

There are a lot of people who influenced me, nurtured me, helped me along the way. But I can just recall looking back, the first time I got my baseball glove. Put it on the wrong hand, all those kind of things.

I myself have benefited from many mentors throughout my life.

My experience at Bournemouth made me who I am today.

If I hadn't had mentors, I wouldn't be here today. I'm a product of great mentoring, great coaching... Coaches or mentors are very important. They could be anyone-your husband, other family members, or your boss.

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.

I think the people we meet in life and the loves of our lives are very, very important in what we become, like change us - when it's right, probably change us for the best.

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

I have a lot of amazing women, you know, women in my life who have been an example for me of what not to do.

My parents are my major supporters. I look up to Denzel Washington, Jack Nicholson and Jim Carrey. They have all opened my mind and helped me with my craft.

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.

My role models have kept on changing.

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

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 current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.

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

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

There was a moment when I was watching Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in 'Badboys' that I felt, you know, inspired. I don't know if I was proud, because so many people do the work. Everyone's part of a team that develops over the years and gives people chances. There have been some good moments watching people develop.

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

There have been many people whom I have admired, emulated and even modeled parts of my life after. I study how they do things, and then I go through a period of 'trying on' those same thinking patterns and behaviors. After awhile, what is not essentially me falls away while the useful parts remain.

I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.

The more challenges you face in life, the more of life you experience - this lived experience gives one the 'influence' to impact others' lives.

I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.