It was a similar call by both Minister of Sports and Community Development Shamfa Cudjoe and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica's three-time Olympic Games sprint queen to invest in young people for a better community, nation and wider world.
Both equipped with the power to initiate change stood before a large audience at Tuesday's opening day of the 5th Biennial Community Development virtual Community Development Partnership Foundation for the entire region.
The event included the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport in Jamaica- Olivia Grange, Cudjoe and many other top dignitaries, all coming together to strengthen communities, societies and the world at large.
Fraser-Pryce, a seventh-time Olympic medallist who rose to world acclaim from a crime-riddled Waterhouse community in Jamaica, has committed herself to help many budding sportsmen and women through the Pocket Rocket Foundation.
Having won multiple medals at various track and field meets, such as World Championships, Olympic Games, and the Diamond League etc, Fraser-Pryce was also the brainchild of the construction of a community centre in Waterhouse where sports, online and other learning or studies can take place, a football tournament and a Christmas Tree initiative that provides cheers to many people in the community.
The Jamaican sprinter who is one of many to have made a mark on the world stage told the audience that through the combined efforts in sports and education, one can transform their lives, the lives of their family members, as well as many other lives in the communities.
"As a result of all I was able to accomplish on the track and in the classroom, I was able to create the Pocket Rocket Foundation with the assistance of many sponsors, and as a result, we gave 55 student/athletes here in Jamaica the opportunity to not worry about where the financial assistance would come from or worry about how mummy was going to provide my school uniform or my books.
I will take care of those responsibilities, I want you to just channel your energy into your particular sport and education.
Young people must understand that they are not limited because they're not doing well in their sport or they are slow academically. Most people look at that as a negative, but I would like to say that we can use the fact that the athletes are very good at sports and you can bring them along, harness the learning in the classroom and help them to combine both because if they are not successful in the classroom they can be successful in other areas and they can bring along changes in different communities or internationally."
Fraser-Pryce, 35, herself was the beneficiary of much-needed help when she entered her Wolmer's Preparatory School and encountered Wilma Pope.
Meanwhile, Cudjoe, as minister of sports has been living the life of a Fiery Godmother, being bombarded daily by many seeking improvement and development in all spheres.
Cudjoe earlier this week, brought much-needed smiles to the faces of young people in the sports fraternity by successfully championing the cause for sports to return to the playing field and courts.
Yesterday she was at it again, urging all to seek development in their investment.
" We all know the impact that Deon Lendore has left on us in T&T and the rest of the world. What we're doing here today also has an impact on the physical education teacher who sees a world changer in the deep eyes of the most disruptive student and that is just one side of the coin.
We all call for facilities throughout the communities. Everybody wants a tennis court, everybody wants a football field but we must get to the point of helping and guiding the members of the communities to develop programmes that best suit them so that they can truly maximize their full potential of sport and utilise sport to develop their communities, engender peace, build economic activities and make the community more self-sufficient," Cudjoe said.