Debbie Stabenow Quotes

I know I want to do something with kids and help them become better mentally, physically and emotionally. They're the future after we're gone. So we have to prepare kids to be adults.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

No matter what color you are, if you mentor some little boy or girl, you make a huge difference in their lives because they then model behavior that leads to success versus modeling behavior that doesn't.

It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen.

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept.

Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

We need to sort the kids out and educate them properly. After all, they are our future.

It's not just teachers, but coaches are helping to shape the young people of tomorrow.

Hopefully I can help kids, and they can end up being stronger in the long run, too.

For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma.

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

The goal for the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation is to give kids an opportunity to be involved in sports and hopefully learn some lessons along the way. We want to put them in a safe environment, help them if they need it and maybe they will get a scholarship to a school because of the skills that they learn. Sport is just a starting point.

Scouting teaches a boy to take care of himself and stand on his own two feet.

We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people.