“Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.” YearsFirstsLittlesKidsBitsSportsGrowing UpFiveGrowingLittle BitAthleteTraditionalBeachRacingFreshmanSurferSkateboardingSophomoreSkateboarderSophomore YearBmxHuntington Beach Author:Jason Lee
“As someone who played a team sport, I feel a bit uncomfortable being ranked as an individual so high.” FeelsIndividualBitsSportsTeamUncomfortableSports Team Author:Franz Beckenbauer
“I think we need to be a bit more proactive. Let's not just talk about availability of sports, let's make the facilities more accessible to kids and make them want to come along.” ThinkingWantNeedsKidsBitsSportsFacilityProactiveAvailability Author:Hope Powell
“First of all I have to ask myself what am I trying to say and who am I trying to tell the story to. So if it's just 300 words going in the Independent it's very much where, what, who and when - fantastic. If there's a little bit more scope, if I've been given 1500 words by the sports editor, and I can have a little bit of fun, then I need to maybe entertain, include some different stuff.” IfsNeedsTryingFirstsLittlesI CanDifferentStoriesAsksGivenFunStuffBitsSportsLittle BitIndependentFantasticEditorsScope Author:Steve Bunce
“Yeah, I am a little bit, and I think it is a natural progression of the sport, of going upwards in technical ability and everything like that.” ThinkingLittlesBitsSportsNaturalAbilityLittle BitYeahProgression Author:Brian Boitano
“I am excited about this. We've got half of our goal. I'd love to see us get a little bit more than half our goal and not be so deeply into this thing going into Sunday, but I feel good about everything.” FeelsLittlesBitsSportsGoalHalfLittle BitExcitedFeel GoodSundayI Feel Good Author:Hal Sutton
“Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.” LittlesAbleLastsOrderBitsSportsLittle BitBeatsBallsMore TimeCatchingJimmyStride Author:Ivan Lendl
“Well I forgot how different it was because I've been here for about four or five years. It's a big load off my shoulders now. Now that I'm there, I'm like, man, I can breathe a little bit, you know?” KnowsMenYearsWellsLittlesI CanDifferentBigsBitsSportsFiveFourLittle BitBreatheShouldersFive YearsLoad Author:Latrell Sprewell
“My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years.” KnowsFeelsYearsLittlesLongI CanPlayFeelingsBodyBitsSportsShapesLittle BitConcernYears AgoGood ThingsLegsGet Back Author:Mario Lemieux
“If I get two strikes, I'll go to a pitch maybe that will help induce that a little bit.” IfsLittlesTwoHelpingBitsSportsLittle BitStrikes Author:Roger Clemens
“At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.” LittlesEndsKidsBitsSportsSkillsLittle BitProgramLife Skills Author:Troy Vincent
“"She (Minnie Ruth Solomon) was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count. I fell in love with her some the first time we ever talked, and a little bit more every time after that until I thought I couldn't love her more than I did. And when I felt that way, I asked her to marry me . . . and she said she would."” IfsWorldWayFirstsLittlesMadeSaidFeltBitsSportsPoorLittle BitFirst TimePrejudiceAthleteTouchedUnusualMarry MeRuthSolomonMinnie Author:Jesse Owens
“I always enjoyed sport. I was a bit of a wild child, to be honest, and just loved running around.” ChildrenRunningBitsSportsHonestEnjoyedBeing HonestWild Child Author:Kiki Dee
“I did my first triathlon when I was 11-years-old and it was just another new sport to try. I got better at it and decided to take it a bit more seriously.” TryingYearsFirstsBitsSportsDecidedTriathlon Author:Alistair Brownlee
“On today's athletes: I wish I could turn back the clock a little bit so I'd have a chance to cut it up with those guys.” LittlesTodayGuyTurnsWishBitsSportsChanceCuttingLittle BitAthleteClock Author:Eric Heiden
“You've got this world, these pathologists that are, day in and day out, taking apart bodies, coming up with theories about how they died and how to better serve the community. At the same time these people have lives outside and families and my character in particular, he has a fiance and things are going well for him, so you've got to show that nice warm compassionate side at the same time you've got to show the steely, icy cool of a doctor. Not only that, but a doctor who gets a bit of a God complex and starts killing people for sport.” PeopleWorldWellsCharacterShowsBodyBitsSportsSidesCommunityNiceThis WorldParticularTheoryDoctorsDiedComplexesKillingWarmCompassionateDoctor WhoIcyFianceGod Complex Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions, become a group that becomes a group that celebrates sports heroes and entertainment heroes. There's no room left for kids to see even a little bit of the opportunities to really, really get excited about becoming an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist, a problem solver.” LittlesTwoProblemKidsAmericaCultureOpportunityLeftBitsSportsRoomsGroupsBecomingHeroLittle BitScientistEntertainmentExcitedObsessionCelebrateEngineersInventorProblem SolversSports Hero Author:Dean Kamen
“Basketball has always been a sport I loved and grew up playing. For me, it was one of those things that... I guess baseball was just in my genes a little bit. I have a lot of cousins that played baseball. Basketball is not an easy sport - you definitely got to be gifted to play that game. I felt like I was pretty good at it, but my ability was better in baseball.” LittlesPlayGamesFeltEasyBitsSportsAbilityGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpBaseballGenesGiftedCousin Author:Dellin Betances