Playing Outside Quotes

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

I love being outside with my boys, playing tag or trying to keep up with them.

I wasn't a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to play soccer, and it went badly.

Running is a grownup's lost link to playing outside.

Thank God I had football. I remember when it used to rain, all the kids would run outside and play football in the puddles, just splashing around, having the best time.

We really didn't have the option of being couch potatoes when I was growing up. There were only three television channels and the only kid's programming was on Saturday morning. We always played outside until we could hear Mom calling us (not by cell phone but with her hands cupped around her mouth) that it was dinner time.

I remember I'd be playing in the streets with friends, sometimes barefooted. I'd come home with sore feet, but wanting to do the same the day after. That passion made us keep playing. Playing in the dirt was our daily joy.

As a kid, I used to love to play baseball and be in Little League and sleep outside with my friends and do all those kind of things.

I've always enjoyed playing in the summer.

I grew up in Hawaii so I was outside a lot playing in the water.

All kids love to get dirty, but if I wandered into the garage, my father would say: 'Son, you're not going to have filthy hands like mine. You're going into show business.'

I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

Oh, I love to play on the road. I really love it.

My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.

That's the difference between outside and playing in the Premier League.

My friends are all geeks. And many of them are scientists who love playing outside as much as I do.

I remember when I was 11 playing against guys who were as old as 22. I just stayed outside and shot from there.

It would be awesome to play in my backyard.

When you're playing to an audience that isn't your own, it's quite scary.

My first memory of the national team is the 1982 World Cup. I remember those days at our home or at my uncle's house, with all the family and those long dinners watching the matches. But I also remember that, during the games, I went outside or onto the balcony to play.

The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.

I lived across the street from my elementary school, and in the schoolyard we could always go play there and know we were safe.

Some of my friends wanted to do different things, but all I ever wanted to do was play outside with a ball.

I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard.