“I grew up dancing, and my ballet teacher was literally a drill sergeant; she was so strict and so scary. And it made me a better dancer.” MadeTeacherGrewGrew UpDancingScaryDancerBalletStrictDrillsSergeantsBallet TeachersDrill Sergeant Author:Kate Hudson
“Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life, I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.” OrderLeaderTroubleGrewDisciplineBasketballGrew UpFollowersDrillsSergeantsDrill Sergeant Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I went to the surplus store on Santa Monica and Vine (in Los Angeles) and went and got me a Navy outfit, put the black tape under my eyes. I got me a whistle and went in there with a hat looking like a full-on drill sergeant.” EyeBlackStoresHatsLos AngelesTapeNavySantaVinesDrillsSurplusMonicaSergeantsSanta MonicaDrill Sergeant Author:Tyrese Gibson
“I watched the video [ with my first commercial] when I was 20, and in the video, there are two families. The first family is this smiling blond Partridge family, a Californian/Aryan kind of thing, all playing guitars, all singing together and harmonizing. And then, there's my family - and in my family, it starts with my mom saying that she feels like a drill sergeant sometimes, and she's yelling at one of my brothers to stop hitting another one of my brothers. It's just like, "Great, we're that family." It felt a little Simpsons versus Flanders.” FeelsFirstsKindLittlesTwoSometimesTogetherFeltBrotherMomSingingMy FamilyGuitarMy MomVideoMy BrotherHittingVersusYellingDrillsPlaying GuitarSergeantsCaliforniansFlandersSinging TogetherDrill Sergeant Author:Mara Wilson
“Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state.” ShouldStatesTeacherWonderfulDrillsSergeantsWonderful TeacherDrill Sergeant Author:Jonathan Kozol
“I spent six years in the army. That's the reason I am like a drill sergeant sometimes.” YearsSometimesReasonSixYogaArmyDrillsSergeantsDrill Sergeant Author:Dharma Mittra
“Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.” HardHateFairsLike MeJacketsHate MeSergeantsYou Hate MeDrill Sergeant Author:R. Lee Ermey
“All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.” WritingDisciplineDrillsScreenwritingSergeantsDrill Sergeant Author:Robert McKee
“If you grew up in a household with a football coach who looks like a drill sergeant, you would think you would be tough.” IfsThinkingLooksWould BeFootballGrewGrew UpToughCoachesHouseholdDrillsFootball CoachSergeantsDrill Sergeant Author:Brett Favre
“My father was a drill sergeant, and I've always had that mentality drilled into me of 'you've got to do better, you've got to do better.' I just try to listen to the characters. That's what works for me.” TryingCharacterFatherMentalityDrillsSergeantsDrill Sergeant Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon