Jeff Ross Quotes

There's natural mentoring that goes on in my life every day.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

I was always the guy kids came to for help.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

There are lots of women I look up to, but mentors are someone you talk to and not just admire. A lot of my friends that I trust are my mentors.

A lot of my friends ask me for advice.

I speak to Matt Ritchie a lot, he's someone I lean on in the squad. He tends to keep us grounded and he's always there with good bits of advice.

Giving advice was a lot harder than following it.

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.

It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.

I don't necessarily have one mentor or 'a' mentor. But I do pull inspiration from people, and that's always kind of served me well.

Everybody needs a coach.

It's been true in my life that when I've needed a mentor, the right person shows up.

Obviously, if some young girl wants my advice and wants me to be her mentor, I would be very happy to offer that. But I don't really see myself as a coach.

He helped my career, helped me basketball-wise and every other way. I'm a big fan of Thibs.

I'm very grateful for Scott Hall's willingness to take me under his wing and help me.

It's good to have some older friends: they have a lot more experience than us young ones.

I've always had a lot of female friends. And guy friends too. And people have always come to me for advice about things.

Mesut's been talking to me and really helping me through the games.

We really believe that mentorship is a powerful tool.

If somebody is willing to take some advice, then I have some, and that's just life in general. A lot of people don't want to hear anything.

I'll never forget my time at Banfield. It is a club that gave me everything and gave me the opportunity to become a man and a player.

It's always beneficial taking advice from Dhoni.

I enjoy Otis Thorpe; he took me under his wing when I was a rookie. I'm also a fan of Ron Harper. He showed me the ropes and showed me what it was to play in the NBA.

I've spent my entire life around coaches.