Joanna Coles Quotes

You're only as good as the people who you surround yourself with.

The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.

You're the average of the five people you spend your time with.

You're as good as the people you're with.

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.

You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.

It's often said that you're the product of the five people you spend the most time with. If you allow even one of those five people to be toxic, you'll soon find out how capable he or she is of holding you back.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

In my hood, I was always with the older guys.

The great secret in life, I think, is to choose the right, people around you to do the job.

Who are your friends and supporters and how do they influence you? That's part of public concern about character.

Every single day, entrepreneurship has highs and lows, and you need to feel like you have a community around you. That is insanely important - to have a community of people around you lifting you up and who really know you.

I'm trying to do everything with my family members, my friends, who are watching me every day, every game I am playing, so they are trying to help me to say what I did wrong and what I did well, and I try to improve myself.

When beginning your entrepreneurial journey, acknowledge that you become a product of the five people you spend the most time with. So choose your company wisely.

I felt that if I shared the lessons that I learned - both the good ones and the bad ones - that I might make the climb a little less painful for other women.

When you are working with someone who is so aware of what they do, you become better, too.

I like being on a team and that's what a band is like. It's us against them, strength in numbers, and sharing the success and failure.

Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're literally my everything. In my personal life, it's my wife, and in my professional life, it's my coaches and my teammates.

I'm not one of those one-man-gang type of players. I'm a guy who has to rely on his teammates, to play within the team structure.

The important thing is to be around people who will make you a better player. Otherwise, you can remain average.

I used to choose friends based on similarity in age and life stage, but I've learned that those were the wrong criteria. Trying to live life exclusively alongside others our own age is like attempting to climb Mt. Everest without a Sherpa. It's a little dangerous.

Find a group of friends that are going to push you and want you to do better whether it's in the classroom or on the court.

The most important opinions to me are those that belong to the guys in the changing room.

Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.

I'm always learning from the boys around me.