Rob Gronkowski Quotes

You see it from my area, from any area, really, so many who want to be great and have the drive, but don't have the resources. I'm very blessed that I have a family that was financially stable enough to get me to tournaments and camps and to practices so I could wrestle year-round.

I am really lucky that I got such good coaches and everything I wanted, right from the infrastructure to proper coaching.

I loved playing cricket from my childhood. My dad made me play in the streets, and my interest grew. He put me in a club, seeing this. My habit grew from that point.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

I always wanted to play cricket, and I have played competitive cricket to a fairly good level. I remember that my father used to come and watch me play. He used to love watching me play.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.

The team with the best players wins.

What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.

From the age of eight until 15 or 16, every time I was out bowling leg spin I was thinking about my dad and when you've done that it stays with you. There are lots of things he did which enabled me to be the player that I was. It wasn't me that wanted to be a cricketer. He made me 90 per cent of the player I was and the person I was.

When I turned 12 or 13 years old, even as a dad, you can't make a kid play anymore, but up until that point, he pushed me to keep playing, and when I turned 13, I didn't want to do anything else. He was just there with me at the cage every day because I wanted him to go with me and throw to me and work on what I needed to work on.

I wouldn't have become the player I have without my father.

My strokes come from a lot of different people. I personally take credit for my forehand. My uncle helped me a lot with my backhand.

I keep asking my son about his cricket scores. I have worked hard for his passion for sports.

I started to play in the fourth grade and didn't score for, like, a whole year.

If I have a bad shooting day, my dad will take me to the gym.

My dad was a professional footballer before I was alive. When I was growing up, he was the one who coached and mentored me and helped me to become what I am today. Without his coaching and without his insight and the days and the hours that he put in with me, I wouldn't be the player that I am today.

I slowly began to develop an interest in the game. I owe my success to my family. Had it not been for my father and my brother, I would not have been so closely associated with cricket.

From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through high school.

My grandad and mom would drive me to training all the time, and from then - around seven to eight - coaches were telling me I had something special and needed to stick with it.

My parents, they don't say to me you have to play hockey. They just see me and how I love what's going on on the ice, how I love this atmosphere.

I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.

I've played a lot of basketball during my life - and it's not always been good.