Alphonso Davies Quotes

Education is very important to my parents and to me.

Whether you want to go into music, whether you want to be a lawyer, whether you want to be President of the United States, the bottom line for all of you is that you have got to get your education.

To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day, parents and teachers ask me, 'How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?' The honest answer is, I don't know.

I enjoyed every moment of being at school. Football doesn't last for ever, so you need an education longer term.

I am going to graduate school, but that ain't got nothing to do with football.

Part of the reason I went to college was that I wanted to fade out peacefully: show everybody I had gone through something that was quite challenging and difficult but did so with grace and poise and got an education.

Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education help develop conviction about the need to change & increase your commitment. Conviction then develops into determination. Next, strong determination leads to action: a sustained effort to implement the changes. This final factor of effort is critical.

When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.

School is very important to my family.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked out.

Education is key. I graduated from high school; everyone needs to.

I think a college education is important no matter what you do in life.

When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future.

Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education.

The only warning I'd give is - make sure you are strong enough and committed enough in your business pursuits. It is commitment and belief, not just the bottom line, that should drive you.

Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up.

Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

I have no urge to go back to college.

The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.

I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.