Michael N. Castle Quotes

You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

Many more of our young people have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy and the other arts of peace. But liberty is not quite the same thing as opportunity; the fact that young people are free to develop their abilities and talents in constructive ways does not necessarily mean that they will do so, unless they get help and support from adults.

Tell young girls they can be anything, including entrepreneurs and self-made billionaires. Encourage your friends/daughters/female students/yourself to take a shot.

As a mum of two myself, I know how important it is to encourage your kids to get involved in a variety of different skills as they grow up.

I'm a strong believer in kid-empowerment.

I'm blessed that I'm not content. Whenever I work with kids, which I'm passionate about, I want them to know that, yes, two World Cups, two Asian Cups, but I've done it the hard way.

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

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.

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.

Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.

I'm a big perfectionist! I'm trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.

When you're educated, you must offer others a road to success.

Confidence is a crucial building block in a successful career, and embracing it fully will take you places you never thought possible. With proper guidance and hard work, anyone can become more confident. Once you pass a certain point, you'll feel it from the inside.

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.

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.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

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

The motto of my institute has always been, 'If they can see it, they can be it.' And it's literally true. If we show something on-screen, it will change what happens in real life.

You want to do everything you can so your child has every tool to succeed.

For the parents of the youth of Africa, please give your kids a chance to realise their dreams.

I'm trying to create a better pathway for the next generation.

It's important for parents to put kids in positions where they can succeed and to teach competition because competition exists not only in sports.

Hopefully, I can be a good role model for kids, and they can grow up to follow their dreams just like I am.