Passing On Wisdom Quotes

We have become a grandmother.

Reflecting back, we all make mistakes; we all go through our stuff - relationships, financial, all kinds of stuff - and if you can grow from that and pass that message on, it's a pretty cool thing.

People planted seeds into me. Older cats gave me the game. My family, especially my mother, gave me the game and I pass it on. That's what it's about. If somebody gives you mental jewelry and you wear it for so long, you want to give it to somebody else for them pass it on.

I want my grandchildren to be proud of me. That's the main thing.

I've benefited from great coaches my whole life, starting in sixth grade. To be able to pass that on is a neat experience for me.

Growing up at United and training with him day-in, day-out, you learn a lot from him. Wazza is always there, and you can talk to him. He has been through a lot of experiences in his life, and he is always happy to pass that experience down to the younger players.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.

It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

For the continued survival of our planet and humanity, it is crucial that certain discoveries and skills and inventions made by people over the years be passed on from one human generation to the next, from one person, face-to-face, to another.

I love working with the younger generation.

It's not about me, it's about the grandkids. That's what a lot of people don't understand about what Herman is up to.

Speak to the generations of the future.

Teaching is really very, very important. I always tell my students that you should find an opportunity to teach. When you teach others, you teach yourself.

It is one thing that I get a lot of joy out of, and that is passing the torch. Some stuff I show young wrestlers, people haven't seen in 15 years. I show it to them and the gratification I get is when I see them do it out there in a match.

The last thing my father told me was: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down.' A father telling his son that puts some responsibility on my shoulders. He told me that, and I take it very seriously.

Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

I try to take a couple of young guys under my wing and tell them what I've learned, because you can't teach nobody if you don't know anything.

My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.

I have a responsibility to pass on to the next generation what I learned from my teachers, ... It keeps me young and reminds me where I came from. Teaching young artists is like giving water to a flower.

When you have a teacher who is part of a tradition, the other people in that tradition are such stars. You just look at them like pop stars.

I can give my love of learning to other people.

I've been so lucky, with incredible mentors along the way, that now I need to be that for someone else.

One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.

I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.