“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
“I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.” KidsGrowsSportsGrowing UpTheatreCamps Author:Aaron Tveit
“You really don't do anything else in your life; it's a very little bubble that you grow up in. And you have to live in that bubble because of the intensity of the sport.” LittlesGrowsSportsGrowing UpIntensityBubbles Author:Estella Warren
“I was always very physical, growing up, and did sports. I like to get out and do different things, and walk in different shoes. I like change. I like challenge.” DifferentSportsChallengesWalksGrowing UpGrowingShoesDifferent Things Author:Emily Bett Rickards
“I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.” KnowsSportsGrowing UpGrowingDyslexia Author:Bruce Jenner
“Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.” PeopleMeanFunnySportsGrowing UpGrowingStreetsOlympicsSailingConnecticutLondon OlympicsEquestrianMean Streets Author:Craig Ferguson
“Martina Navratilova is not a 'girl,' nor is Debi Thomas or Katarina Witt, and the women skaters weren't 'cute' in 1988. The problem with describing women as girls is that they never grow up and therefore can't take positions of authority in the world of sport. But the good news is that you can change language, so ultimately you can change the picture of women in sports.” WorldProblemGirlLanguageGrowsSportsGrowing UpPositionAuthorityNewsCuteGood NewsDescribingSkater Author:Anita DeFrantz
“I've gotten to watch a lot of football games. Growing up, watching sports, watching people compete, whether it's my brothers or teammates. I grew up observing and taking it all in. It's kind of my attitude.” PeopleKindGamesSportsAttitudeWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFootballBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherObservingTeammateMy AttitudeFootball GameWatching Sports Author:Eli Manning
“When I was a kid growing up in Kentucky, on lucky summer nights, my cousin would pick me up in his Chevy Super Sport and drive me down along the Ohio River to Cincinnati to hear some rock 'n' roll. Those were exciting times, and the bands would play late into the night, rocking soaked in sweat. When I hear the Ready Stance, these memories come back to me and I remember that Cincinnati has produced so many wonderful musicians. The Ready Stance is among that number. You will be hearing a lot about them in the future.” PlayKidsRememberNightSportsMemoriesNumbersGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulRocksReadyLuckyBandLateSummerMusicianPicksRiversExcitingHearingSweatRock N RollCousinOhioStanceKentuckyMy CousinKids Growing UpSummer NightsPick MePick Me UpCome Back To MeChevy Author:Chris Frantz
“When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women.” LooksBeautifulYoungGirlSportsGrowing UpGrowingFitFemaleAthleteLook UpMusclesStereotypeAthleticSoftballFemale AthleteWnba Author:Jennie Finch
“There weren't any sports figures that I idolized because I didn't really believe in myself back then or think that I could make it here. There were some regular people in my neighborhood that I looked up to growing up but that was it.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSportsGrowing UpGrowingFiguresNeighborhoodIdolized Author:Carmelo Anthony
“I don't think I really knew how fit I was when I was a kid. I rode with my dad quite long distances and I've been racing since the age of nine, so we did a lot of sport growing up. My earliest memories of my dad are watching him race, so it was inevitable when we were old enough that my brother and I would get on bikes.” ThinkingLongEnoughKidsAgeSportsMemoriesRaceGrowing UpGrowingBrotherDadFitDistanceMy DadNineInevitableMy BrotherRacingBikeLong Distance Author:Victoria Pendleton
“Sports teaches you very important lessons that are many and varied. It's probably the closest thing to the lessons we learned in fighting and warfare, about loyalty and growing up.” ImportantFightingSportsTeachGrowing UpGrowingLessonsLoyaltyClosestWarfareImportant Lessons Author:Tinker Hatfield
“Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.” YearsTwoRememberPassionThreeNextGamesSportsLevelsGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSoccerHockeyThree YearsNext LevelThree Year OldsPlaying Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“I didn't grow up wanting to become an actor at all. I wanted to be a sports trainer and I was actually an aerobics instructor.” WantedActorsGrowsSportsGrowing UpTrainersInstructorsAerobics Author:Eva Longoria
“[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.” KnowsYearsMightCareWantedSportsGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSummerTrackWarmNineVarietySoccerSoftballNine YearsOlympian Author:Elana Meyers
“You’ve got to fight for that connection with God all the time no matter what you're going through in life. I'm growing up. I'm maturing. But I definitely think that the backbone of this is the freedom and creativity I have without the fear of failing. If I fail, what's going to happen? Nothing. I'm not looking for my self-worth in the sport.” IfsThinkingSelfMatterHappensFightingSportsCreativityGrowing UpGrowingFailingConnectionsNo Matter WhatSelf WorthMatureBackboneMy Self WorthFear Of Failing Author:Kelly Clark
“Growing up in the sport, I've been able to separate what happens on the track with what happens away from the track. That track is totally different. I'm not the same person when I put that helmet one.” PersonsDifferentHappensAbleSportsGrowing UpGrowingTrackHelmet Author:Trevor Bayne