Malcolm Jenkins Quotes

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.

As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn't hit each other into cars.

When I was young you raced from one end of the street to the other, or round the block.

When we were children we played on the street - on tarmac and things like that.

Since I was two or three years old, I remember always being with the ball. I would see kids playing on the street, and would join them.

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

When you're a kid that's all you want to do, go out and play football.

I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?

I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.

I grew up in a great neighborhood, and I remember that you just walked out the front door, and you had a ton of friends to hang out and play with.

My mother and I lived in an apartment complex in a neighborhood. So there was a gaggle of kids. Every day after school, we'd just meet up in a field, and some game would be chosen, Wiffle ball or tag, and you'd play that until the streetlights came on.

As kids, we played on the streets without shoes, and the game didn't stop for oncoming traffic.

I began playing football on the streets.

I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that's why I was brought up the way I was. That's the school I had - the street football.

It's so much fun to dream in your driveway. I had an old wooden backboard in my driveway. That's where my friends and I hung out.

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.

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

My neighborhood, Coconut Grove, we always played in the streets. It was corner against corner. We all had football teams. Different neighborhoods.

I've loved playing street football since I was very young.

The street is the best way to become a good footballer.

I used to play football on the streets with my friends and ended up where I am today.

I started out with a tennis racquet. Later, during one of the breaks we got from tennis, I started playing football with my friends. I was only five years old.

We grew up climbing trees, playing outdoors and cycling.

By playing in the street, the level of Asian football can absolutely improve, as you will get more technical players. They will be quicker, more creative, and after succeeding in the street, it will be a piece of cake for them to do well eleven a side.

Almost every football player played on the streets. And also, a lot of people not ending up as football players play on the streets. It's the beginning of a lot of social gathering.