One generation plants the trees. Another gets the shade.
I'm willing to share my experiences with any young quarterback.
At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to learn, try to understand what happened. Develop the lessons and pass them on.
I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don't see why I would stop.
I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.'
That's my job as a veteran in the league - to help make the young guys better.
Only a disciple can make a disciple.
If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor.
Think of what's stored in an 80- or a 90-year-old mind. Just marvel at it. You've got to get out this information, this knowledge, because you've got something to pass on. There'll be nobody like you ever again. Make the most of every molecule you've got as long as you've got a second to go.
Old Muttonhead
The cool thing about this business is taking the knowledge you've gained that people have passed onto you and then you pass it along to the next generation.
I am not an originator but a transmitter.
It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
I had a great teacher in my brother and my dad, and to be able to follow Kurt's footsteps has helped out a whole bunch.
It is always interesting to hear older players come back and talk.
As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
If someone were to ask me, 'What's the number one thing, in essence, that you left behind?'... it was the teaching of others, so that they could take my work and take it further.
I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years.
For me, I'm always willing to help young guys, because veterans have helped me out.
When I do retire, you won't see me in the ring, but I will be working in the back with the young guys.
I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue.
At my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if I’m “passing the torch.” I explain that I’m keeping my torch, thank you very much-and I’m using it to light the torches of others.
That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.
We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.
It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.
