What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore?
Recorded Jürgen Klopp said elsewhere, not written here
You have to change from doubter to believer.

Introductory press conference as Liverpool manager, Anfield, October 2015, Sky Sports, 17 May 2024 source ↗

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Grace Hopper United States Navy rear admiral; computer scientist; co-designer of COBOL
Always remember that it's much easier to apologize than to get permission. In this world of computers, the best thing to do is to do it.
Recorded Lake Forest College, Chicago Tribune, 9 December 1982 (via Quote Investigator), 9 December 1982 source ↗
J.K. Rowling Novelist and screenwriter
So given a Time Turner, I would tell my 21-year-old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a check-list of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who confuse the two. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.
Recorded Harvard University Commencement, 2008, Harvard Gazette, 5 June 2008 source ↗
David Hare Playwright and screenwriter
Ask your parents questions straight away, or you’ll never know.
Recorded Rob McGibbon, The Definite Article, Rob McGibbon, 27 August 2011 source ↗
Ratan Tata Chairman of Tata Sons, 1991–2012
I would hope that most of you will in fact strive for leadership in a principled manner with values, because that would be the foundation that this country needs to have if it is to take its place in the world. I would hope that each of you would lead by example and that each of you would live by the principles that you espouse.
Recorded Indian School of Business, Hyderabad — graduation address, Rediff Business, 11 June 2010 source ↗

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