“He was a coach, GM, mentor, father, just about anything you can think of. Other than my dad, nobody has been behind me more and did more for me as a person and a player.”
Mark Messier
“Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad”
Proverb
“As a man is taught, so he thinketh. As he thinketh, so is he. Generation after generation of ill-prepared and incompetent fathers concerned with their own image instead of their family's well-being. This world is in desperate need of real figures to take the plate and show the rest of them what they're doing wrong and how to do it right.”
Dedrick D. L. Pitter
“I've known her 18 years. She's been a mentor and a friend and a great administrator, and I think she's done great things for the district, and it's the decision that should have been made.”
Patrick Henry
“Coo Coo was a husband, a father and a mentor in many ways. I saw a lot of Sterling in Coo Coo. He was certainly a vanishing breed but certainly not a breed you'll ever forget about.”
Chip Ganassi
“Bill wasn't just a wise mentor to me, he was also, in so many ways, a father figure.”
Bill Ritter
“Steve didn't have that great a mentor when he came in. I think it's something he will be very cognizant about making sure particularly somebody he's got a relationship with is helped along.”
Chris Landry