“Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.” MadeUsedGamesWinningChildhoodDadMy DadMade ItNutsMum Author:Lee Westwood
“I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.” ThreeFatherGamesMissingFiguresDadComfortBasketballUnderstoodMy FamilyMy DadCoachesTherapyChicagoComfortingKnightsPassed AwayFather FigureDad Passed Away Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“My favorite football memory isn't beating Florida or winning the bowl game ... My favorite memories are of playing football with my brothers and my dad in the front yard when I was younger.” GamesWinningMemoriesFrontsFootballBrotherDadMy DadMy FavoriteMy BrotherBowlsFloridaYardsPlaying FootballFavorite Memories Author:Eli Manning
“Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.” PlayGamesBitsMomDadMy MomStealingChristmasReally CoolMom And DadChristmas Eve Author:Amy Grant
“Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.” IfsYearsKidsOpportunityGamesSportsParentChallengesTeamHugeDadMy DadCoachesBeing The BestPitchingSoftball Author:Jennie Finch
“If you have not seen it, FOOTBALL is a game in which men shove one another back and forth for no reason. They do not choose how, when, or whom they shove. They are doing this in order to please one angry old man on the sidelines. This old man is called the 'coach' or 'yelling surrogate' dad who will never be happy.” IfsMenReasonOrderGamesFootballDadPleaseAngryCoachesNo ReasonOld ManBack And ForthYellingSidelinesSurrogates Book:That is All Source: That is All
“I think that when young players really see their game rise next level, it's when practices are like competition and there's no separation there. Of course, there are adrenaline and the butterflies; you don't have that so much in practice. You want to fake yourself out and try to get them there because you want to be as close to that game mentality as you can when you step on that field every single day whether it's practice or in your backyard or down the street with your dad.” ThinkingWantTryingYoungCoursesNextGamesLevelsStepsPracticePlayerStreetsFieldsDadCompetitionSeparationFakeMentalityButterflyAdrenalineBackyardsNext LevelYour Dad Author:Jennie Finch
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.” ImportantGamesDadCrossesMy DadLockers Author:Hope Solo
“For Christian faith not to be idle in the world, the work of doctors and garbage collectors, business executives and artists, stay-at-home moms or dads and scientists needs to be inserted into Gods story with the world. That story needs to provide the most basic rules by which the game in all these spheres is played.” WorldNeedsStoriesHomeChristianArtistGamesMomDadDoctorsScientistExecutivesSpheresIdleGarbageCollectorsChristian FaithStay At HomeStay At Home Mom Author:Miroslav Volf
“My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us.” DifferentHardPlayGamesForceBehindsTaughtHard WorkDadBaseballMy DadWork OutInfatuated Author:Rafael Palmeiro
“When I was a teenager, I didn't get to do a lot of the things that other kids my age were doing because my dad was very controlling and he wouldn't allow me to go to school activities, like games and dances. So I didn't have positive expectations for my future or really dream about what I could do with my life. I was just trying to survive until I could get out on my own.” TryingDreamKidsAgeSchoolGamesMy OwnDadActivityExpectationsMy DadTeenagerMy FuturePositive Expectations Author:Joyce Meyer
“I love baseball, I really do. I always told my Dad, I'm not gonna make it working... I like to play ball too much. Which I did. I played hard. You gotta work at this game. You really do. And its fun doing it if you do it the right way.” IfsWayHardPlayGamesFunToo MuchDadBaseballBallsMy DadRight WayBaseball Love Author:Yogi Berra
“My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I remember saying to my mom and dad even then that I was going to play in the NFL, and buy them a house and a car.” PlayAgeSchoolRememberFatherGamesHouseFiveCarMomDadSixHigh SchoolMy MomNflUnclesMom And Dad Author:Thomas Jones
“I grew up playing games, and I remember Christmas 1981 when my dad got us an Intellivision, and we all sat around and played 'Astrosmash' for hours on end. It was a big part of my youth.” EndsBigsRememberGamesHoursYouthGrewDadGrew UpMy DadSatPlaying Games Author:Roger Craig Smith
“My dad introduced me to the game, gave me a stick. Since then I've had a passion for it.” PassionGamesDadSticksMy Dad Author:Sidney Crosby
“My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.'” FirstsSaidEndsGamesBehindsArmsDadCallingSmartMy DadVery GoodPlatesVery Smart Author:Jorge Posada
“My parents, especially my dad, had a big influence on my hockey career. He introduced me to the game when I was younger, and I stuck with it.” BigsGamesParentCareersInfluenceDadMy DadStuckHockey Author:Steven Stamkos
“My dad and I, we used to play baseball. I was the catcher. Which I liked. Until one day, I saw this game on TV, and I said, Hang on, how come their catcher doesn't have his hands tied to his ankles?” SaidPlayHandsUsedGamesSawsTvsDadOne DayBaseballMy DadTiedAnklesCatchersHands Tied Author:Emo Philips
“My parents got divorced. Early and ugly. My mum was nuts so I lived with my dad. We used to play a father/son games. Pin the blame on me, rock, paper, get me another beer, casino night.” PlayUsedNightFatherGamesParentRocksSonDadPaperBlameMy DadUglyBeerNutsMumDivorcedPinsFather SonCasinos Author:Christopher Titus
“I hope it really comes off. It would make my dad really proud." (about the song for the coming 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece)” SongGamesProudDadSummerMy DadGreeceOlympic GamesAthens Author:George Michael
“I was a pitcher, and my dad played in college. The hardest day of my life was telling him I was going to quit to focus more on golf. But with golf, I felt like the game can't be perfected, and that motivated me.” GamesFeltFocusCollegeDadGolfMy DadQuittingHardestMotivatedPitcher Author:Jordan Spieth
“I spent most of the 90s trying to make it as a producer - which is a difficult game to get into at the best of times, let alone pre internet - and then I got married, had three boys and we moved house. I had to sell a lot of my gear, so a lot of the original set up went. I was busy being a dad and working, but still loved music.” TryingStillsThreeGamesHouseDifficultBoysInternetDadMarriedOriginalsSellsMovedBusyProducersGearsBeing A Dad Author:Ekoplekz
“Kids clearly help center you because you can't impress your kids. People are like, "Oh, are they so excited because you're Ironman?" My kids couldn't care less. They like it when I hang out and play dad. I impress them by playing video games with them and doing well. Your kids humble you.” PeopleWellsPlayHelpingCareKidsGamesDadHumbleExcitedVideoHanging OutImpressPlaying Video GamesIronman Author:Don Cheadle
“I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.” MenYearsKidsAgeTogetherYoungGamesSportsTeachingDadRaisesMy DadBeachFortunateCaliforniaYoung AgeTournamentsVolleyballRankingGrown ManBeach Volleyball Author:Karch Kiraly
“My dad talked a good game. [I'm as a] child got only the World Series on the radio.” WorldChildrenGamesDadSeriesMy DadRadioWorld Series Author:W. P. Kinsella
“It's a different world for those of us who are doing this for a living. Certainly a lot different than my dad had to deal with when he was calling games on a national level for CBS. It's just a different world. I'm not saying it's better or worse, there's just a lot more access.” WorldDifferentGamesLevelsDealsDadCallingMy DadAccessDifferent Worlds Author:Joe Buck
“Those are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying not to step into something and get a call, "Dad why'd you say that?"! But we'd go to games [where score wasn't kept], and I'd get it, but I wouldn't get it, because I think there's a real value in winners and losers, in not everybody getting a trophy - it makes you work hard, you appreciate what it takes, to say, "Why didn't we win?" You shouldn't be condemned for losing.” ThinkingKnowsTryingRealHardValuesGamesWinningStepsGrowing UpGrowingHard WorkDadLosingDaughterAppreciateWinnerScoreMy DaughterLoserReal ThingsTrophiesReal ValueWinner And Loser Author:Billy Crystal
“Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.” MomentsGamesWinningLove YouDadBasketballShotsMy DadDearShootingImaginaryRollingSockTubesI Fell In Love With You Author:Kobe Bryant
“My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.” ThinkingKindRealGuyGamesDadMy DadSense Of HumorHockeyDedicatedWayneGreat Guy Author:Denis Leary
“When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.” FirstsLittlesBookPlayCharacterStoriesUsedNightFatherGamesVoiceMemoriesDadPagesMy DadGoldenDucksEvery NightPortraitsPlutoGreat MemoriesDonald DuckDisney Character Author:Danica McKellar
“People come up to me all the time who saw Dad in 'Oklahoma!' or 'Pajama Game,' and they say they'll never forget it.” PeopleGamesForgetSawsDadCome UpNever ForgetForget ItOklahoma Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and recitals, to school programs, and so forth. Having Dad there makes all the difference.” ChildrenSchoolFatherGamesDifferencesSonGoes OnDadDaughterProgramBallsYour ChildrenDaddyPicnicsFather And SonBall GamesRecitals Author:Ezra Taft Benson