“I told Grant Hill back there – I just got done playing against him – as a second grader I had a Pistons Grant Hill jersey. That was the first time I walked into a gym. That’s when I fell in love with the game. My mom, I think she just wanted to get me and my brothers out of the house for a few hours. When I walked into the gym, I fell in love with the game.” ThinkingFirstsDoneWantedGamesHouseHoursBrotherMomCoupleFirst TimeMy MomHillsMy BrotherGrantsNbaGymJerseyMvp Author:Kevin Durant
“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
“I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids.” WantI CanCareKidsLife IsGamesFeltMomTake CareInjuredAdventurousInvinciblePrecious LifeHow Precious Life Is Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“I always knew she was being funny, but when I tell my therapist that my mom played the trust game with me and let me fall on the ground, my therapist does not find that funny. She's like, "That's the reason for everything! That's why you have such a hard time with trust!" And I'm like, "I don't really have a hard time with trust. I thought it was funny."” DoeHardReasonFallGamesMomLet MeMy MomHard TimesTherapistsBeing FunnyReason For Everything Author:Kathleen Hanna
“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
“When I was a little-leaguer, I was sort of famous for stealing bases - and it started only because my mom wanted to be sure where I was in the afternoons. Mom always used to say, "If you don't come home dirty, you didn't play a baseball game." So I always tried to get in a situation where I had to slide so that I could go home dirty.” IfsLittlesPlayHomeWantedUsedGamesSituationMomBaseballBasesMy MomStealingDirtyComing HomeAfternoonSlidesBaseball Games Author:Rickey Henderson
“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 was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - who gets no credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I loved them all, and I used to just take a page out of all of them.” PeopleUsedGamesComedyStudentsMomPagesRedBillsCreditJackieCarols Author:Bernie Mac
“Tomorrow, America's most famous hockey mom, Sarah Palin, will drop the ceremonial first puck at the Philadelphia Flyers game. Right afterwards, she'll get out on the ice and skate around reporters' questions, so it should be interesting.” ShouldFirstsAmericaGamesInterestingMomTomorrowIceHockeyReportersPhiladelphiaPalinSkatesPuckFlyersHockey Mom Author:Jay Leno
“My mom's whole side of the family, they're all Packers fans. My mom's a Bears fan. My stepdad is a Vikings guy. So that gets ugly. My mom sits upstairs watching the Bears game; he sits in the basement. They can't watch it together. Football's a violent anger in our family dynamic.” WholeTogetherGuyGamesSidesWatchesFansFootballMomBearsUglyMy MomViolentOur FamilyBasementsVikingsUpstairsPackersStepdadsPacker Fans Author:Ashton Kutcher
“My mother wouldn't allow me to speak slang when I was growing up. But when I got outside, around my friends, it was 'Yo' and 'That's the joint' and 'Yo, what's up?' So I had my game for my friends and my game for my mom.” MotherGamesSpeakGrowing UpGrowingMomMy FriendsMy MomJointsSlang Author:Queen Latifah