“We pass a bunch of children playing in a small meadow which appears to be in the middle of nowhere and then a little girl with a backpack stops to stare at me like I'm a freak and I'm thinking what is she doing out here all by herself? Further up are more kids, shabbily dressed but clean and chasing each other around and some are digging something up from the ground and one is chasing a goat (I think it's a goat) and they are all laughing and suddenly it occurs to me that these children look pretty damn happy like they are having big fun and I'm certain they don't have Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo or five-hundred-dollar road bikes or Lightning Rollerblades at home and doesn't look like any crack houses or drive-bys or gang-banging going on around here and those kids look like they know how to amuse themselves, something we have forgotten, and I understand they are probably better off much better off than I thought.” ChildhoodPlaying Outside Book:How Stella Got Her Groove Back Source: How Stella Got Her Groove Back
“My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do.” My FriendsScientistGeekPlaying Outside Author:Antony Garrett Lisi
“Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.” RunningLostLinksGrownupsPlaying Outside Author:Kristin Armstrong
“One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.” EndsFeelingsGrowing UpGrowingThe End Of The DayExhaustedPlaying Outside Author:Jennifer Pharr Davis
“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
“I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.” MadeIdeasBigsDifferencesCreativeHappenedSittingDesksBig IdeasCreative IdeasPlaying Outside Author:Barbara Corcoran
“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.” ChildrenPlayRealityStepsStageAdultsMasteryInner ChildChildren PlayingChildren ImaginationPlaytimePlaying Outside Book:Childhood and Society Source: Childhood and Society
“If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door.” IfsStuffMistakeDoorsDogSafetyCookingBe GoodFatsMaking MistakesZoneScrapBack DoorsSafety ZonePlaying Outside Author:Guy Fieri
“Our kids didn't do this to themselves. They don't decide the sugar content in soda or the advertising content of a television show. Kids don't choose what's served to them for lunch at school, and shouldn't be deciding what's served to them for dinner at home. And they don't decide whether there's time in the day or room in the budget to learn about healthy eating or to spend time playing outside.” ShowsHomeKidsSchoolRoomsTelevisionHealthyEatingDinnerAdvertisingBudgetsLunchSugarEnd TimesSpend TimeTelevision ShowsSodaHealthy EatingChild ObesityPlaying Outside Author:Michelle Obama