Quote by Junior Seau

As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the 'hood. The influences of the 'hood are very powerful.

As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If

Summary

This quote highlights the formative experiences and sources of education for the speaker during their upbringing. It suggests that while formal schooling was certainly a factor, the influential role of their neighborhood and surrounding environment cannot be underestimated. The quote underscores the power and impact of the 'hood in shaping the speaker's knowledge and perspective, highlighting how learning can occur not only through traditional educational channels but also through the unique dynamics of their community and the challenges they faced growing up.

Topics

Learning

By Junior Seau

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their bus

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

Business

I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a

I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty

Evil Liberty

So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast

So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.

Death

I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down

I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.

Future

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are e

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walking

Children are natural mimics -- they act like their parents i

Children are natural mimics -- they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners.

Truth

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

Mom

I shall go the way of the open sea, to the lands I knew befo

I shall go the way of the open sea, to the lands I knew before you came, and the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me the memory of your name.

Adela Florence Nicolson

Truth

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for h

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.

You know, you grow up with the image of John Travolta being

You know, you grow up with the image of John Travolta being super cool - 'Saturday Night Fever,' Brian De Palma, handsome young god... he, in reality, is a very silly man. And I mean that in a good way. He'll walk around the set talking in little weird voices, making people laugh.

Cool

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Salvation