“I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.” IfsYearsMadeDoneGrowsSportsPlayerAreasIncreaseMade ItHockeyHockey PlayerPlaying Hockey Author:Angela Ruggiero
“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
“A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor.” HumansGrowsSportsLossAbilityAchieveExcellenceMotivational SportsEndeavorRefinedLearning From Failure Author:Terry Orlick
“I knew there was a certain level that I could get to within the sporting world. But as I continued with my career, not only did I grow, but the sport grew. All of a sudden, all of these doors opened to me. It's been amazing. I guess I was born at the right time.” WorldCertainGrowsSportsBornLevelsCareersDoorsGrewOlympicsRight Time Author:Shaun White
“I have two hopes for the future. The first and lesser one is that game commissions will one day have sense enough to set limits that measurably reflect the sport safely available. The second and deeply urgent one is that we shall grow a race of sportsmen no one of whom will ever consider it a matter of pride to have killed a limit.” FirstsTwoMatterEnoughGamesGrowsSportsRaceSeaPrideOne DayLimitsRiversFishesAvailableBoatLakesFishingUrgentHope For The FutureSportsman Author:Roderick Haig-Brown
“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
“When I was first running marathons, we were sailing on a flat earth. We were afraid we'd get big legs, grow mustaches, not get boyfriends, not be able to have babies. Women thought that something would happen to them, that they'd break down or turn into men, something shadowy, when they were only limited by their own society's sense of limitations.” MenFirstsBigsHappensRunningAbleEarthTurnsGrowsSportsBreakBabyLegsLimitationFlatsSailingBreaking DownMarathonMustacheRunning Marathon Author:Kathrine Switzer
“On snowboarding as an Olympic sport: Since I was 6 years old I've been in the mix and watching this grow and change. I never would have expected it to go this far.” YearsGrowsSportsExpectedSnowboarding Author:Shaun White
“A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.” GrowsSportsSinTeamActivityCommitmentAddictionRelationship With GodSports TeamFavorite Sports Book:The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“The whole sexiness thing-I don't know if I'm comfortable with that. But it has helped the sport grow. I think it changes how people see women's athletics.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWholeGrowsSportsComfortableAthleticsSexiness Author:Jennie Finch
“Tennis is one of the only sports in America where the sport doesn't grow with the size of the person - it just forces you to swallow the whole pill.” PersonsWholeAmericaForceGrowsSportsSizeTennisPills Author:Andre Agassi
“The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets. The corn is cut, the manor full of game; The pointer ranges, and the sportsman beats In russet jacket;--lynx-like is his aim; Full grows his bag, and wonderful his feats. An, nutbrown partridges! An, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.” GamesGrowsSportsEnjoyPartyCuttingWonderfulSweetBeatsAimBrilliantRangeBagsAutumnCornJacketsPeasantsFeatsMellowSportsmanFall AutumnPointersPoachersPheasants Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“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
“I've got some other great teammates like Dallas Robinson and Johnny Quinn on the men's side who have been tremendous at showing Christ's love. It's not just the US teams, but there are also many believers from the international community including several from the Canadian team. We hope to grow Christianity throughout our sport.” MenHas BeensGrowsSportsSidesChristCommunityChristianityTeamIncludingInternationalBelieverTeammateInternational CommunityDallasQuinn Author:Elana Meyers