“My dad told us up front, 'Guys, if you want to play sports, go ahead, but it's your decision.” IfsWantPlayGuySportsDecisionFrontsDadMy Dad Author:Peyton Manning
“My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.” TryingSportsFootballDadMadnessMethodGolfMy DadTennisCricketSnooker Author:Ronnie O'Sullivan
“My father - until the day that my dad died - didn't know how many points you scored in a touchdown. He could say there were nine innings in baseball, but no intricacies of the sport.” KnowsFatherSportsKnow HowDadBaseballDiedMy DadNineIntricacyTouchdownsDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Damon Lindelof
“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
“My first car was a Chevy Cavalier. My dad somehow convinced me that it was a hot sports car because it was red.” FirstsSportsCarDadRedHotMy DadConvincedChevySports Cars Author:Katheryn Winnick
“Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly - along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish - are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field.” LifeShouldImportantWinningSportsGoalFamilyPracticeFieldsHealthMomHabitDadBlessedMy DadMy MomPerformingHealthy LivingGood HealthQuarterbackAmerican FootballAdjustingRegularity Author:Aaron Rodgers
“Our sports [softball] is a game of failure already so my dad always says to parents who he is a pitching coach and he's been my pitching coach since I was 11 years old is if they can be the best kid on the team, let them experience that and then obviously the challenge has to come later on but you don't get that opportunity very often and confidence is such a huge part of this game and in life in general.” IfsYearsKidsOpportunityGamesSportsParentChallengesTeamHugeDadMy DadCoachesBeing The BestPitchingSoftball Author:Jennie Finch
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.” PersonsPlayUsedGamesSportsLevelsSuccessfulTeamFootballDadMy DadArguingBeing SuccessfulUnclesRugbySports TeamGreat Team Author:Clint Eastwood
“My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.” KidsSportsMemoriesDadMy DadPlaying SportsWatching Sports Author:Mark Teixeira
“My dad used to say makeup was a shallow girl's sport, but it's not. It's armor.” UsedGirlSportsDadMy DadMakeupShallowArmor Book:All the Rage Source: All the Rage
“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
“I wasn't the athletic kid in my family. Both of my brothers were on athletic scholarships and my dad played semi-pro hockey. My younger brother played pro hockey. I was the music kid. But I always loved sports. I grew up around it.” KidsSportsBrotherGrewDadGrew UpMy FamilyMy DadMy BrotherHockeyAthleticScholarshipYounger BrotherAthletic Scholarships Author:Trevor McNevan