“It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in the back of our house, a little front yard where you could get touch football games going. I know you think of it as a big city, but it was fun for me to grow up in New Orleans. I remember it as a very normal childhood.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesBigsKidsRememberGamesHouseFunGrowsCitiesGrowing UpChildhoodFrontsFootballBasketballNormalNeighborhoodYardsNew OrleansFootball GameBig CitiesTouch Football Author:Eli Manning
“Sometimes I feel like the Tom Hanks character in Big. But my life is not a movie. I never have to go back to Coney Island to find the fortune-teller machine so I have to grow up again.” FeelsSometimesCharacterBigsLife IsGrowsGrowing UpBasketballMachinesFortuneIslandsTomsFortune TellerConey Island Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I don't ever want to grow up. I guess I'm like Peter Pan. Grown-ups have problems. I want to stay happy.” WantProblemGrowsGrowing UpBasketballPeterStay Happy Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“You can't not be into basketball and grow up in Chicago or live in L.A., because people are so fanatical about the teams. You know what's going on with the games even if you don't watch.” PeopleIfsKnowsGamesGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTeamBasketballChicago Author:Virginia Madsen
“If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.” IfsHumansProblemGrowsHuman BeingsBasketballWeaknessDullThriveCapabilityPhilanthropyUnlimitedPossessingCharacter EducationUnresponsive Author:Barbara Bush
“In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.” FeelsMayMatterOrderGrowsDealsResponsibilityAcceptingBasketballUncertainFamous BasketballUnprepared Book:Reach for the Summit Source: Reach for the Summit
“Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.” IfsFunnyStarsGrowsBoysGrowing UpBasketballNbaFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball TeamGood BasketballGreat BasketballFunny Basketball Author:Bill Vaughan
“Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.” PeopleKidsGamesNamesGrowsGrowing UpBasketballShameBest Things Author:Charles Barkley