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Scholarship Quotes

On scholarships, study, and academic discipline.

This page collects quotes spanning both meanings of scholarship: money that funded a young athlete or musician, and the pursuit of academic study for its own sake.

When I came to Arsenal, I was on a scholarship earning £80 per week away from my family.

Quotes by Wojciech Szczesny

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.

Quotes by Scott Brooks

I never expected to go to Juilliard. When they came recruiting in Miami, I auditioned. I got a scholarship.

Quotes by Robert Battle

When I was 24, I won a Rhodes Scholarship.

Quotes by Rachel Simmons

Able Quotes

I actually started as a concert pianist. I had a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music.

Quotes by Neil Sedaka

I like doing scholarship for its own sake.

Quotes by Neal Katyal

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

Quotes by Juan Cole

I played football, honestly, to get a scholarship.

Quotes by Isaiah Mustafa

There's still a role for the Association for Israel Studies. But not as the endpoint of scholarship and not as a fortress to defend Israel.

Quotes by Ian Lustick

Almost Quotes

I didn't get an athletics scholarship at a major school.

Quotes by Edwin Moses

As anyone familiar with my scholarship knows, I am not a huge fan of inherent powers in most contexts.

Quotes by David Stras

I went to uni, and I studied commerce on a scholarship, and that was crazy and wild in and of itself.

Quotes by Cody Fern

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

Quotes by Christine Baranski

I wouldn't have gone to a Division I school if I didn't have scholarship help. We couldn't afford it.

Quotes by Ashton Eaton

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of scholarship do these quotes cover?
Two distinct senses: scholarship as financial support for athletes and musicians, and scholarship as serious academic study or research.
Is there a quote about an athletic scholarship?
Yes, one describes joining a football club on a modest weekly scholarship wage while living away from family, a common early-career arrangement for young players.
Does anyone mention a music scholarship here?
Yes, one quote recalls starting out as a concert pianist on a scholarship to a well-known music school, a formative step before a broader career.
What does the quote about academic scholarship say?
It argues that a professor's role is to teach with academic rigor rather than promote a particular political viewpoint from the front of a classroom.
Is scholarship here always about school or sport?
Mostly, though one quote treats scholarship more abstractly, as valuing careful study for its own sake rather than for any external reward. See related Athletics quotes.

One quote also touches on where scholarship should stay separate from personal politics in the classroom. See related Athletics quotes.