Lou Brock Quotes

If you always have a crutch, you don't learn anything.

I really didn't even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn't a bad thing when I look back at it.

I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to.

I learned a lot from other people, and was inspired by what they did, but I didn't copy anyone. I put many different blocks together to become what I am. I don't know if that would have happened if everything was handed to me on a plate.

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could.

Old foxes want no tutors.

I'm not trying to prove that I'm capable of doing many things.

I don't expect anyone to give me anything.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

He taught me how to fly on my own and learn the tricks.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

The lesson that people can't give me what they don't have, and if there's anything I took from it, it was: okay, I don't really expect anyone to hand me anything. There's going to be me and the world.

Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time; they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

It was like baptism by fire. There was no school for studying acting. You just have to take it upon yourself to learn from your peers. It's about opening your eyes, listening, and watching.

I'm my own boss, my own editor, my own shooter, my own writer, everything. This is all stuff I learned through trial and error... failing at a lot of things has taught me how to succeed at them eventually... you roll with the punches.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It's experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

No one in the Indian team gave me tips, but I should be mature enough to grasp little things by watching them train and play.