Male Mentorship Quotes

You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.

I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guys want to share those experiences with their own sons.

One of the things about being a boy, especially growing up without a father, is you really don't have that role model to teach you how to do things.

A loving family matters. So do male role models.

When Dad passed away, grandpa took on that mantle of teaching me how to tackle at football or taking me and mum to cricket.

Not having a father helping you grow into manhood and teaching you those things about how to be a man hurts. It hurt my brothers because their fathers weren't involved in their lives.

I have to say, without sounding like a total tosser, that everything I've learned in life, and that has taken me out of my natural interior life, has been with men. They exposed me to things that I wasn't aware of. I learned from all the guys.

A father is always going to be a hero to his son.

I grew up around lots of men - my father, my brothers, my uncles - so I wasn't intimidated by them.

There is no other relationship quite like that which can and should exist between a boy and his dad. It can be one of the most nurturing, joyful relationships in life, one that can have a profound impact on who boys become and also on who dads become.

I have always enjoyed male company, which has probably stemmed from playing in boys/men's teams while growing up.

We don't see a lot of models for male social interaction. There's sports and barn raisings.

I think it's good that the womens' game is being pushed, and maybe the men can look at our game every now and then and learn something from the way we approach the game.

The first director who ever allowed me to shoot a film for him was a male. He was a gay male. My first feature also came from him. I worked for a lot of dudes at NYU.

Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.

It's important for girls to have a strong father figure in their lives.

He had realised that most vital of humanities. he had touched lives. And he had raised three boys that no one had wanted into men.

With my first book, 'A Letter to a Young Brother,' I figured it would be my only book I was ever going to write. What happened with that is a lot of young men would reach out to me.

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.

Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted.

I trained alongside full-grown men at college and worked with some great male keepers. It helped me 100% with speed of play, speed of reactions, and strength. The mindset they gave me was invaluable.

As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.

I don't think that there are many, many strong, black male role models who provide a certain kind of really American, Southern-based comfort that Madea grows out of. She's a signpost in our Obama world of traditional Christian values.

People who knew Dad used to say at times I was brought up as the son Dad never had.

It's fun to work with men. They don't bully you. On the contrary, they guide you and become one of your buddies.