“Every day as a kid, I went to the boxing gym. I knew boxing before I knew anything else. And I was once told if you show your child how to do something and you constantly push them, then eventually they'll become masters. They'll become a master of their craft. So that's probably what happened with me and the sport of boxing.” IfsChildrenShowsKidsSportsHappenedMastersOur ChildrenCraftsYour ChildrenBoxingGym Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“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
“If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is involved with sport, the players get paid. But these poor kids in college, they're doing it for free, and that's just disgraceful.” IfsStatesKidsSportsPoorUnitedUnited StatesPlayerCollegeInvolvedPaidDisgraceful Author:Frank Deford
“I wasn't a huge fan of the comic book, but I definitely was of the cartoon series. I wasn't much for sitting around and reading as a kid, I preferred to be outside running around and playing sports, but I was absolutely thrilled to get the role of Colossus. I don't think I realised how popular the character was until I got the role and started doing some research; it was then that I really fell in love with the character of Colossus myself.” ThinkingBookCharacterRunningKidsReadingSportsRolesFansHugeResearchSittingSeriesComicComic BookCartoonRealisedSitting AroundPlaying SportsColossus Author:Daniel Cudmore
“A lot of people think that you have to specialize in one sport from an early age in order to turn pro. Most of my teammates played a lot of different sports when we were kids. I liked to golf, water ski and play baseball. That helped me develop other aspects of my game and made me WANT to be on the ice even more once hockey season started.” PeopleThinkingWantMadeDifferentPlayKidsAgeOrderTurnsGamesSportsWaterAspectBaseballSeasonsGolfIceHockeyTeammateSkis Author:Pat LaFontaine
“My parents put me in the water very early, and also had me skiing at a very early age. They put me on skis when I was one and a half. I was fortunate to have parents who understood the importance of exposing their kids to different sports, different cultures and different activities in order to discover what we liked and what we didn't like. They didn't push us, they just gave us many things to choose from.” DifferentKidsAgeOrderCultureSportsParentWaterHalfActivityUnderstoodImportanceFortunateExposingSkisSkiingDifferent Cultures Author:Benoit Lecomte