Casey Kasem Quotes

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

When I was growing up, the first thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. That lasted till I was about ten. Then I wanted to be a baseball player. Preferably shortstop for the New York Yankees.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

I think I have a pretty goofy profile for a writer. It seems to me most writers were reading 'Little Women' when they were 6 months old. At the age of a lot of my readers, I wanted to be a major league baseball player. I didn't read much.

I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman.

I thought my dream job was to play cricket.

When I was little, I wanted to be a spy or a monster truck driver. Later, I just thought movies would be, like, a good hobby or something.

I didn't want to be a storyteller when I grew up; I wanted to be stuntman.

There's not much you can complain about - you're a Major League Baseball player; you're getting paid to play a game. People want to be you, wish they could do what you do. There are some complaints here and there, but there really aren't any significant ones.

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

It's just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It's a great time in my life. I'm never going to forget it, and it's very humbling.

When I was 10 years old, my teacher got us to imagine our future. I drew a timeline of the rest of my life. I had just started playing football, so I drew pictures of me as a professional footballer.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a football player. So I achieved my dream.

The professional world makes a lot of young amateurs dream, and to go from one to the other can inspire others, like me, when I heard stories of Didier Drogba and Adil Rami, who went from being amateurs to becoming pros.

We are lucky to be playing football for a living. For me, this is what I have always wanted to do.

I actually wanted to be a nurse, of all things.

You're playing football for a living. There aren't many things better than that.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think it would really be possible.

I've always wanted to be a footballer, and I've always believed that's the path I was going to go down.

I remember I wanted to be an athlete. I wanted to be in the NFL or NBA or something, and I don't think I dreamed of being a benchwarmer. I'm sure I wanted to be the best. But I didn't really ever think I was going to be a famous musician.