Claudio Reyna Quotes

It's so important for kids to get involved with sports in general at a young age.

I still believe it is important that children have a chance to play other sports because they all offer learning experiences. Soccer is a growing sport and would be a good complement to hockey.

My kids are little athletes.

But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.

The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

I think that kids aren't even exploring the option of sports anymore, and they don't even know what they could do.

But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

A lot of kids don't get the chance to play sport.

Honestly, I was a troublemaker. The environment I grew up in, my mom and my sister, they decided they were going to sign me up in every single thing to keep me busy. I played football, basketball, baseball. Anything, whatever was in season, I was signed up for it. Basketball was one of the things that just stuck.

I've been playing basketball since I was five.

The sports of children satisfy the child.

Sports is good for health and for children, it gives them manhood, courage, teaches them team work and coordination. Sports is something that is so crucial, it makes everything.

First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports.

I didn't do any football stuff when I was a kid... Mostly baseball and basketball the whole time. That's all I did. I played football starting in seventh grade. As I got older, I started playing a little bit more. Then in high school, I really fell in love with it.

I only started playing top football when I was 17 and a half.

It will be good fun finding out what sport baby's good at; perhaps it will be something obscure. My parents were fantastic at taking me to training sessions and letting me try lots of different sports, so I want to do the same.

I started off playing sports when I was five years old. I played three or four sports all throughout the year.

I started playing in school. Lots of kids in Yugoslavia play basketball.

Children need sports, even if they are inclined towards academics.

When kids are 15 or 16, they should be playing more sports. I played football, basketball, cricket... Name any sport, and I played it.

I know I did not play an 11-a-side match until I was 12; even beyond that, we tended to play smaller-sized matches on smaller pitches.

The government should have something in place where, in school, they see what sport you are most suited for, and it should be mandatory that you do more of it in your curriculum.

I was eight years old and I was playing rugby for my local club.

We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.

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