Geena Davis Quotes

I was so tall in high school that I was convinced that I was uncoordinated and not athletic. I was terrified to play any sport at all, no matter how hard they tried to convince me to be on the girls' basketball team as the tallest kid in class.

Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth.

I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.

I used to be very unathletic. I was always so gangly and self-conscious about my height. I had convinced myself I was uncoordinated. And as a result, I didn't want to try stuff.

I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high.

Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

Growing up, I played softball and I was a cheerleader.

I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it.

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

Soccer was actually my first love, but eventually, basketball took that over.

Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.

As a child I had a lot of energy and took to sports.

I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.

I wish I could be good at gymnastics.

I feel like every woman, and actually any guy who hasn't played that many sports, you secretly wonder, like, 'Would I be a pro athlete?'

If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to become an Olympian.

I chose basketball over film.

I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.

I loved baseball, and I was the best at basketball. Golf was sort of third on my list.

I run around a lot. I shoot a lot of threes. And that's just kind of what I've done since I was really young.

I was actually fairly athletic and coordinated, but I never played any organized sports.

I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder until I grew too tall and discovered basketball.

I played every sport but hockey.