Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her.
I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
The prison-industrial complex and the military-industrial complex are here with us and are multi-billion dollar enterprises. We can make more money off the kid in Compton if he’s a criminal instead of a scholar. It’s business.
When children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.
There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.
The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.
Play is the work of the child.
Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
A child needs freedom within limits.
Within the child lies the fate of the future.
When dealing with children there is greater need for observing than of probing.
Children display a universal love of mathematics, which is par excellence the science of precision, order, and intelligence.
All children are born geniuses; 9,999 out of every 10,000 are swiftly, inadvertently degeniusized by grownups.
I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.
Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don’t know how lucky you are.
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
Sport for me is about inspiring kids. Here’s the rules, here’s the play area, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. This is all about teaching kids how to approach life. If we’re not playing sport to benefit kids, I’m not really sure why we play sport.
It’s all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.