“I create a space where every child can be successful,” McDaniel said. “I’m doing this so the kids in my community can shoot for the stars!”
"I live for the moments where you can see the transfer of knowledge manifest within the glow of a child’s eyes. The central motivation of all teachers should be the growth and development of students in our care. If you don’t love them, you cannot reach them. If they don’t love you, they cannot learn."
"Fight for every inch. Hold onto your dream. Be bold, unapologetic, and rage against the forces that oppose your success. The wall will eventually crack, and opportunities will pour in." 
“The way I look at it, I invested my life, my energy, into my students,” he said. “Maybe it’s greedy, but I want a return on my investment. I want them to give back. And to be honest, it’s this perpetual motion, where it’s exponential growth — the pebble that splashes in the pond, and it just ripples, ripples, ripples.”
“I tell my students, ‘If you could see yourself through my eyes, you wouldn’t recognize yourself. I see you as the person getting a doctorate, getting married, taking your kids to school.’ They live up to those expectations”
"Many of our most vulnerable students are goose-stepped out of reaching their potential by being assigned a label. Oftentimes, children accept that they are only as good as the label placed upon them."