Steph Houghton Quotes

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

The most important thing for me is to feel that young players want to learn on the training pitch. If they spend 10 hours sitting around playing PlayStation, that's their business.

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

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

Of course that's Ajax development, giving young players a chance.

I don't know where sports in general will go. But when I grew up, you just played the sport. Parents just wanted to make sure that you were happy doing something.

My father and uncles all encouraged me to play football: every present I ever got would be boots, kit, or a new ball, and that was just how I liked it.

I would like to involve and love to work with young players.

Young boys and girls should be given the chance to play football.

One of my favorite things to do is teach kids to shoot a basketball. When they finally get it and their eyes light up, it's the greatest feeling.

My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.

At 4, I joined a summer rec team called the Sugar Bears.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

We want to encourage the young ones to learn and get some confidence in sports. It's fun and keeps you active and moving.

When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver.

I think I started toddler gymnastics when I was around 3 or 4, and I began taking it seriously when I was 6.

I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.

I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

At a young age winning is not the most important thing... the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.

I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.

Everybody recognises that giving young people competitive outlet through sport is a very good thing.

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.

I have been playing football since I was 7.

I'd love to be coaching kids three or four years. You kidding me? That's what I used to do.