Jerome Boateng Quotes

Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.

My dad and I have always been somewhat competitive.

Having nine brothers and sisters, you have to stand out. In order to get on the stage with me and Shawn and Marlon and Keenan and Kim, you have to be funny. We're not going to let you in the conversation.

I have seven brothers and two sisters, so there was always a little friendly competition in the house. I don't think that's anything unusual with that many siblings.

There was always sibling rivalry. Tennis, football, boxing, whatever - you always want to come out on top of big sis.

It's always been something like that growing up, knowing I wanted to be the best. And my brother considers himself the best, I consider myself the best.

I was incredibly competitive, growing up with two brothers; we'd argue and play against each other in the garden continuously. If we have a competition, I want to beat them.

It feels awesome to outrun anybody, but to outrun your older brother always feels good.

When you have the chance to go against a brother of yours on the court, you're always looking at each other like, If you score, we're looking at each other. If I score, I'm looking at him.

The Klit brothers should first fight each other, and the winner should fight me.

My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

I don't have a brother in real life.

I have an older brother who is an actor as well.

I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.

Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.

I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson like my brother as well. We both tend to take the mickey a bit much.

I have five boys in the family, and it's constant competition, sport, humor, and practical jokes.

If you have many children, the first one is always different because you can only have one child who is the first. They have different natures and talents for you to love.

I do feel sorry for my younger brother, he used to field a lot.

I have such a big family, sometimes, I was wondering, when is it going to be my turn? There's always a brother who's older, younger, bigger, stronger, faster, I was like, 'hey, give me a chance guys.'

To coach with your brother at any level is really special.

Some of my toughest races are people I've known, because it gets more personal than it should be.

I got into a competition with my brother over who could make better Vine videos.

My dad went to the Olympics, so he has that one over me. So if I go there, I'm pretty sure he has nothing to say anymore.

Whenever I discuss my family, I inevitably think of my brother Owen.