Gordie Howe Quotes

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.

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

I learned early in my career that I had to be prepared for life after football because you never knew when it would end.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire.

You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.

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.

So while you're an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there's going to be life after sports.

This is always one of my big pet peeves is that 65% of NBA players, three years out of the NBA, are broke. I mean, so, maybe maturing a little more on the front end and getting an education might serve you well down the road.

My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'

I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football.

To be honest, I have no idea what happens after my career.

Attending USC has been such a great experience for me and has really helped prepare me for my next step in life.

I think having a back-up plan is never a bad thing. I would hate to be a male footballer and look back on 15 years of my career and think, 'Oh well, I've got a lot a money but what now?'

I just wanted to set myself up for life, and that degree from Villanova, I thought, is very special.

Education is important because it prepares you for life.

Snowboarding is a huge part of my life, but I also feel like it's important to have a plan B or a back-up plan for after my career because I can't snowboard for my whole life competitively.

I start laughing every time because the media talks to me like I'm finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out.

I don't think you really have to retire from what you do.

It’s harder and harder to get a job if you just have a strong back. You need an education.

90% of the fastest growing jobs require some form of post-secondary education.

What you earn is largely determined by what you learn.

To us [The Lake Area Technical Institute of South Dakota -- LATI], a student is successful if they're placed [In a job, in more education or in the Military]. We talk to them about 'Where do you want to be? Where do you want to go with your life?

I'm not an educated woman. What am I gonna do for the rest of my life? I'm an athlete... And now I have absolutely nothing.

I would try to guide my children in a different way to have a career. Something besides being an actress, singer or model. I'm definitely going to push my kids in the other direction.