Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles. Rob Delaney
I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward. Doug Collins
I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people. Fred Couples
My sport taught me what I could do with my talents, whether in the rink or in the rest of my life. Peggy Fleming
No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it? Red Grange
The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters. Alvin Dark
You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win. Terry Bradshaw
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. James A.Baldwin
A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties. Russell banks
A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story becomes about dealing with the sin problem. So Jesus is seen as primarily dealing with our sins. Rob Bell
Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.Wade Boggs
Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball. Barry Sanders
Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.Lord Chesterfield
But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. Russell banks
Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball. Bill Walton
Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. Ron Blomberg
Dad taught us about morals, values and goals. Having a tight-knit family was important to him. Junior Seau
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. Oscar Wilde