In the spirit of debunking racial stereotypes, the one that black people don’t like to swim, I’m going to tell you how much I love to swim. I love to swim so much that as an adult, I swim with a coach. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
Having a financially illiterate society is dangerous, and we have to do something about that. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I’ve used some of my differences as a way to stand out and to hopefully count and matter – and hopefully create an opportunity for others. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I’d like to see great textbooks, great opportunities for kids to really understand stock market investing, because at the end of the day, they are going to be all they have in terms of creating a life for themselves, a retirement account, and things like that. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I know that my life is a miracle and because of that, I can’t think my success is because I was so great at this, that or the other. A lot of things happened and came together. A lot of people went out of their way for me. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I’ve never met Colin Kaepernick, but he’s a hero of mine. I’m in awe that he took it upon himself to publicly promote the American values of life and liberty that we all cherish. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
The first thing I do after waking up is check my phone for news. I like to make sure the world is still here and understand what happened overnight. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I take vitamins when I wake up. One of them I need to take is to wake up my brain. It has some caffeine in it, and it stimulates my brain and I’m literally not a person without it. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I honestly think I’m going to rot my brain with all the news. I’m a news junkie. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
I think the one thing about the Zoom calls is unlike being in a room with people where you can look away or drift off, I feel like with Zoom, everyone’s face is just dead center, head on, there is no drifting. It takes a lot of energy from me. Mellody Hobson Read Quote
