Nick Cummins Quotes

I think every school in the world should have a sports program.

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.

I want to see more sports in schools.

I am really passionate about sports in general - especially water sports.

Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.

To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.

My belief is that sports in school is not an extracurricular activity.

When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.

I remember growing up, having sports to go to, having recess, those were the things I looked forward to. Yes, I'm an athlete, but I had buddies who weren't, and they looked forward to it, too.

I've always been athletic my entire life and loved sports.

I remember that when I was little, my parents felt that I should study to become a teacher. They thought football was a waste of time and I'd never succeed at it.

I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.

I have always been into sports, right from school.

Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.

I don't really know why I started playing as a kid, but I grew up in Queens, New York, not too far from Forest Hills, where they played the U.S. Open in those days. I even got to be a ball boy there. Also, there was a tennis court just a block away from our house, and I'd hang out down there.

I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.

I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.

Growing up, we played sports nonstop. I mean every single day. As soon I got done with breakfast, I was ready to go.

I'm kind of a sports guy.

I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

My mom used to be a basketball player so I was really into it. Plus of course my height made it easier for me to decide what kind of sport I wanted to play, so at the age of nine I went to my first basketball practice.

I used to finish school and go and play football.

I'm the oldest in my family, and I grew up with brothers, so we would be on the front lawn every day playing football, whether it's tackle or tag.

My memories from childhood always involve a football.

It was my dad who got me into football. One day, he surprised me playing in the garage. He thought I was a thief. I always played football when I was a kid.