“I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job opportunities then... the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy or a pullman or an elevator operator, or, maybe, a teacher. There was a time when all we had was black baseball.” TwoSometimesStatesSchoolJobsOpportunitySportsBlackTeacherFourYouthHigh SchoolBaseballBlockRestaurantsAspireJerseyNew JerseyElevatorsOperatorsAll StateJob OpportunitiesBlack Youth Author:Monte Irvin
“Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.” GivingChildrenMomentsCharacterChristianFaithGamesNamesSportsPowerfulAttentionYouthActivitySkillsWasteGloryCarefulEntertainmentPursuitVideoGreat ThingsDevelopingServantBe CarefulHobbiesDestinedChild Of GodServant Of GodPrecious MomentsSmall Places Author:Paul Washer
“We've got a pretty close family. Just ended fourteen years of travel hockey with two boys. My daughter was always a part of that. So there's a lot of trips to the hockey games. As I tell idiotic, stupid, youth-sport parents, it's about the drive there and the drive back, not about the trophy or how your kid played. We've always had a good relationship with our kids. You're driving with them and talking to them at the age of eight. It became this adventure and they learned to love it. You connect, you really do. It's not for every family.” YearsTwoKidsAgeGamesSportsParentTalkingBoysStupidYouthAdventureDaughterEightDrivingMy DaughterHockeyFourteenTrophiesIdioticGood RelationshipYouth SportsClose Family Author:Jeff Daniels
“Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare. Youth is full sport, age's breath is short; Youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; Youth is wild, age is tame. Age, I do abhor thee; youth, I do adore thee.” CareAgeTogetherSportsPleasureYouthColdSummerWeakHotBreathsBraveWinterWeatherOld AgeTheeAdoreLameAge And YouthNimbleWinter Weather Book:Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Illustrated)
“Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth.” PeopleCountryTogetherGamesNationsSportsPossibilityYouthBenefitsRangeRegionsTournamentsNew Possibilities Author:Richard Attias
“I worked at a daycare for a couple of years going through high school and college. I did youth sports camps. I ran all the camps through my college.” YearsSchoolSportsYouthCollegeCoupleHigh SchoolRanCampsYouth SportsDaycare Author:Derek Theler
“I'm hearing in youth sports where you're not allowed to post scores of games online; everybody's gotta get a trophy. I mean, that's ridiculous. If you're a winner, you're a winner and you get a trophy. If you got second place, you don't get anything.” IfsMeanGamesSportsYouthHearingRidiculousPostsWinnerScoreOnlineTrophiesSecond PlaceYouth Sports Author:Carli Lloyd
“Which of us that is thirty years old has not had its Pompeii? Deep under ashes lies the life of youth--the careless sport, the pleasure and the passion, the darling joy.” YearsJoyLyingPassionSportsPleasureYouthThirtyAshesDarlingCarelessThirty YearsPompeiiThirty Years Old Author:William Makepeace Thackeray
“We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.” WayYearsWellsAgeLastsMovingNextSportsGrowthPlayerPlansTalentFrontsFiguresYouthDevelopmentMembersBasketballOfficeIncrediblesCoachesSoccerLeagueCoachingHallsNbaLegendsFacilityAssistantsMeterProminentFuture Is BrightFront OfficeAssistant Coaches Author:Masai Ujiri
“Compassion is an emotion of which we ought never to be ashamed. Graceful, particularly in youth, is the tear of sympathy, and the heart that melts at the tale of woe. We should not permit ease and indulgence to contract our affections, and wrap us up in a selfish enjoyment; but we should accustom ourselves to think of the distresses of human, life, of the solitary cottage; the dying parent, and the weeping orphan. Nor ought we ever to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.” ThinkingShouldHumansHeartPainSportsParentEmotionCompassionDyingYouthTearsOughtTreatsAffectionSelfishTalesCrueltyEaseHuman LifeEnjoymentAshamedContractsPermitSolitaryDistressWoeInsectsAmusementWrapsWeepingIndulgenceOrphanCottagesWanton Author:Hugh Blair
“Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess.” PeopleWinningEnergySportsYouthLosingEntertainmentWinning And LosingProwessPhysical FitnessUpgrading Author:Nita Ambani