“I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.” KindHomeSportsEnjoyBrotherHealthyMy FamilySpendingAll KindsBeachMy BrotherHanging OutSurfSpending Time Author:Samantha Stosur
“I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That's probably why I liked the athletic part of skating - especially the jumping!” TwoPlaySportsBrotherRoughJumpingAthleticSkatingOlder Brother Author:Nancy Kerrigan
“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.” WayBodyRunningSchoolMotherFallSportsMorningSunBrotherSpringWinterAthleteBreakfastEvery MorningBrothers And SistersAlabama Book:Jesse, a spiritual autobiography Source: Jesse, a spiritual autobiography
“My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.” ThinkingSportsTreeFootballBrotherMy FavoriteMy BrotherClimbingClimbing TreesPlaying Outside Author:Madeline Carroll
“The system - the American one, at least - is a vast and noble experiment. It has been polestar and exemplar for other nations. But from kindergarten until she graduates from college the girl is treated in it exactly like her brothers. She studies the same subjects, becomes proficient at the same sports. Oh, it is a magnificent lore she learns, education for the mind beyond anything Jane Austen or Saint Theresa or even Mrs. Pankhurst ever dreamed. It is truly Utopian. But Utopia was never meant to exist on this disheveled planet.” MindHas BeensGirlNationsSportsEducationStudySubjectsCollegePlanetsBrotherSaintNobleExperimentsTreatedGraduatesMagnificentJaneUtopiaUtopianLike HerKindergartenAustenTheresa Book:The province of the heart Source: The province of the heart
“I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.” PeopleKindGamesSportsAttitudeWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFootballBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherObservingTeammateMy AttitudeFootball GameWatching Sports Author:Eli Manning
“One single great player doesn't make anything for a team; it has to be a team. I think [American] football is the greatest team sport there is because you have to depend on your brother next to you.” ThinkingNextSportsPlayerTeamFootballBrotherDependsAmerican FootballYour BrotherSports Team Author:Tim Tebow
“I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.” YearsUsedFoundFeltSportsFourBrotherSafeBeatsMy BrotherBoxingControlledGymSquares Author:Sugar Ray Leonard
“I don't think I really knew how fit I was when I was a kid. I rode with my dad quite long distances and I've been racing since the age of nine, so we did a lot of sport growing up. My earliest memories of my dad are watching him race, so it was inevitable when we were old enough that my brother and I would get on bikes.” ThinkingLongEnoughKidsAgeSportsMemoriesRaceGrowing UpGrowingBrotherDadFitDistanceMy DadNineInevitableMy BrotherRacingBikeLong Distance Author:Victoria Pendleton
“I wasn't the athletic kid in my family. Both of my brothers were on athletic scholarships and my dad played semi-pro hockey. My younger brother played pro hockey. I was the music kid. But I always loved sports. I grew up around it.” KidsSportsBrotherGrewDadGrew UpMy FamilyMy DadMy BrotherHockeyAthleticScholarshipYounger BrotherAthletic Scholarships Author:Trevor McNevan
“What sparked my interest in the combat sports in general was my older brother. I guess older brothers are supposed to pick on their young brothers, but mine took it to a whole new level. He broke my collarbone, broke my rib, and knocked my teeth out.” WholeYoungSportsInterestLevelsMinesBrotherPicksTeethBrokeCombatRibsOlder BrotherSports In GeneralYoung Brother Author:Jake Hecht
“My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then when my brother and I were beating the crap out of each other, he was always trying to tone it down. But I am a fan of boxing.” TryingFatherSportsFansBrotherArmyBritishChampionToneMy BrotherBoxingCrapAlways TryingBoxersBritish Army Author:Hugh Jackman
“Well, my dad was into music, but he wasn't into me being into music. In my house when I was a kid, when I was real young, my dad wanted us all to play sports, and we were jock-like. We had a lot of money. And my brother was sort of the light of our family, and he was a good athlete. And I wasn't a very good athlete, but I tried to be. And then when I was 15 my dad went bankrupt, and we moved to Houston. And I went with him, but then I went back to Portland.” WellsRealPlayLightKidsWantedYoungHouseSportsBrotherDadMovedMy DadVery GoodAthleteOur FamilyMy BrotherLots Of MoneyHoustonJocksPortlandGood Athlete Author:Todd Snider
“I made a mock newscast with my friend Amy. We'd set up the camera, an old VHS camcorder, and I did the sports section and interviewed my brother who pretended to be Jay Buhner... against his will, of course.” MadeCoursesSportsBrotherMy FriendsCamerasMy BrotherSectionsMockAmy Author:Charissa Thompson
“I grew up not understanding what was true and what was not true. It gave me a sense of unreality. I was told that this man [mom's lover] was not my mother's lover - when he was. I was told he was there as a male babysitter for my brother so that he would learn sports and other manly things.” MenMotherSportsUnderstandingBrotherGrewMomLoversGrew UpMalesMy BrotherManlyUnrealityBabysitter Author:Carly Simon
“Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he's a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he's a boy, they're gonna give him more money? Like, how am I gonna explain that to her? In tennis we've had great pioneers that paved the way - including Venus [Williams], who fought so hard for Wimbledon to pay women the same prize money they pay men, and Billie Jean King, who is one of the main reasons Title IX exists.” IfsMenWayGivingYearsHardReasonJobsThreeSportsPayBoysBrotherKingsDaughterIncludingTitlesTennisPrizeMy DaughterThree YearsMore MoneyPioneersVenusThree Year OldsWimbledonPrize Money Author:Serena Williams
“Jean [Kennedy Smith, JFK's sister] told me she thinks the whole sports angle has been overplayed, that politics was central to him. This nonsense that he only went into politics because his older brother Joe was killed is not true. He was determined he was going to be in politics, but he would have waited his turn.” ThinkingHas BeensWholeTurnsSportsBrotherDeterminedNonsenseAngleOlder Brother Author:Chris Matthews
“My parents were not musical, but my mom just really wanted my brother and I to learn music as well as practice sports. It's a balance for which I'm thankful. I'm not sure I'm more balanced than anyone, but I'm happier because I can make music and I'm really thankful for that.” SportsParentBrotherMomBalanceMusicalMy MomNot SureMy Brother Author:Olivia Merilahti
“Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.” LongTwoPlayCareWantedOrderSportsParentPrinciplesBrotherBasketballMy FamilyPrioritiesStuckTwo Brothers Author:Jeremy Lin
“Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.” InspirationalTwoSportsBrotherHealthyBottomRemindersOlder Brother Author:Andy Roddick