“When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.” WellsSchoolFocusPlayerDecidedTheaterQuittingLeagueScholarshipVolleyballIvyI QuitIvy LeagueVolleyball PlayerIvy League Schools Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.” PlaySchoolSportsGonePlayerMajorsHigh SchoolCoachesLeagueContractsRaysMajor League Author:Robin Yount
“I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.” PlaySchoolUsedPlayerBasketballHigh SchoolSoccerBasketball PlayerMorocco Author:French Montana
“I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player.” IfsThinkingSchoolAbilityPlayerFootballCollegeHigh SchoolNflFootball PlayerCollege FootballNfl PlayersGood CollegeGood High School Author:Robert Griffin III
“Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled the onlookers that they feared their ghosts. An awesome compliment. Those players moved the audience not such that they were admitted to a school, or received a complimentary review, but such that the audience feared for their soul. Now that seems to me something to aim for.” PeopleHeartSoulSeemsSchoolUsedActorsActingAudiencePlayerPerformancesAimMovedProfessionGhostUsed To BeReviewsComplimentBuriedStakesCrossroads Author:David Mamet
“My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.” ThinkingWaySchoolFatherStarsLinesWhitePlayerMilitaryDadMy DadHallsGrandfatherMy GrandfatherOrphanTrumpetsMilitary School Author:Elvis Costello
“I was doing all the coaching schools so that I'd be able to stay in the game, and I gave myself a chance by doing that. I was only an average player, could score a goal or two, that sort of thing, but I wasn't a Bobby Charlton or a Messi, or Ronaldo. There are very, very few really great players who have become great coaches.” TwoAbleSchoolGamesGoalChancePlayerAverageCoachesCoachingScoreReally GreatMessiGreat Coach Author:Alex Ferguson
“I was never on a mission to be an NFL quarterback. I wanted to be a good high school player, and I worked hard at that. That made me good enough to play in college and then I wanted to be a good college quarterback. During college I played well enough to make it into the NFL. I never took it for granted and really wanted to play hard at each level and I have always had a lot of fun doing what I wanted to do.” WellsMadeHardEnoughPlayWantedSchoolFunLevelsPlayerCollegeHigh SchoolMissionsGrantedNflGood EnoughQuarterbackPlay HardGood CollegeGood High School Author:Peyton Manning
“My school was 17 years as a player and another 16 watching more games probably than any coach has - all over the world, all systems. I couldn't go to school and write it down for people who are far less experienced, telling me what to do and how to do it.” PeopleWorldWritingYearsSchoolGamesPlayerCoaches Author:Andy Gray
“I want players to look neat and responsible. Maybe it's old school, but it's kind of neat when people are always clean.” PeopleWantLooksKindSchoolPlayerResponsibleCleanYankeesNeatNew York YankeesOld School Author:Joe Girardi
“I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.” IdeasSchoolLawActorsSportsHurtCitiesPlayerSonBrokenGrewDadBasketballGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolBaseballRaisedMy DadBonesCoachesNo IdeaTexasCampsRoyalCollarsCardinalsBaseball PlayerKansasBasketball CoachArkansasKansas CityGot HurtTraining Camp Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“We ask these players to do some very difficult things, for the team, the coaching staff, the school - at risk of injury. And when they do those things, I feel as if I'm in their debt. It's an honor to coach those guys. I want to be of service to them.” IfsWantFeelsSchoolGuyAsksDifficultPlayerRiskTeamHonorDebtCoachesCoachingInjuryStaffTigersDifficult ThingsLsuCoaching Staff Author:Les Miles
“Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana.” PlaySchoolPlayerFootballHigh SchoolBoundariesHeritageTigersLouisianaLsuHigh School Football Author:Les Miles
“Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.” SchoolDesireQualityPlayerHonorAuthorityFairsCoachesSpectatorsRespectfulSportsmanshipCourteous Author:Fielding H. Yost
“I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.” StatesPlaySchoolCitiesPlayerBasketballHigh SchoolLettersBaseballQuarterbackBaseball PlayerWashington State Author:Ryne Sandberg