Aden Young Quotes

I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.

Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

You know, I stopped being competitive after I played football.

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

I fell like I'm a well-rounded football player.

I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming.

I was a child who was interested in sports, and represented my school in football, cricket, badminton and table tennis.

I started playing soccer when I was 4 because my sister was doing it. It was my first organized sport, and my parents thought this was a great way to get coordinated and be part of a team. I had an array of options but eventually figured out soccer was best for me.

When I started playing basketball, I hated it because football had always been my sport.

Growing up, I played football and was always one of the best on the team.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

As a footballer I know what I'm good at and I've now embraced it.

When I started out as a little kid, I didn't say 'I just want to run football.' I wanted to be a great athlete.

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

For reasons that baffle me still, my high school sports coaches put me in the first division of the rugby, cricket, and soccer teams.

I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.

I wanted to play sports my whole life. That's all I really wanted to do.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

A great ballplayer is a player who will take a chance.

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.