Allyson Felix Quotes

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

Ever since I was young, I played sports.

I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.

I played football. I wrestled. Those were team sports and I played for the school. When I was younger, I played kick the can and stuff like that. I loved that.

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey.

I grew up playing sports and being very active.

I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.

I grew up very active, and my parents made me try every single sport there was.

If I make a change to a young kid to play any sport, not only tennis, instead of spending time in front of the TV or computer, that is good. I want to give them a good example: 'Hey, go out and play and see the world.'

I want to see more sports in schools.

But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.

But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.

To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.

I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.

I think every school in the world should have a sports program.

I've always played sport. I played rugby, I was involved in athletics, I played cricket... I'm an outdoors kind of guy.

I think that every single person should play sports.

I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.

I've always been into sports and being physical.

I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing film.