Dakota Fanning Quotes

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

I had a little bit of expectations just to be not terrible, because you can't be named so similar to a sport and not be at least adequate at that sport. I don't think there's been expectations to be really good, because my parents never put that kind of pressure on me, but I had to be at least decent.

I used to play lots of sports. I used to be a good tennis player. I used to be a decent golfer.

Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.

I thought I was going to be a footballer or a boxer or something like that - I was into sports.

The bigger, stronger, faster and meaner my players are, the better I coach.

As soon as I was old enough to move and walk, I went straight to sports. My mom said I never even played with toys.

I was one of those weirdos who, at six years old, was telling everybody that I wanted to be an actor. I saw my sister in a play and realized that I wanted to play make believe in front of people; I was always goofing around and putting on shows for my family.

I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.

When I was young and I could dream a bit, I could see myself participating in the slam dunk contest. I've always wanted to experience that.

Fencing and shooting kind of came naturally. From the start, I knew that I had it in me.

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

The sport I'm in allows me to use my creativity.

I just played football from an early age and didn't get involved in any other sports. We had tennis, cycling, ice skating - I'd like to have skated more, because it's so physical. Ten minutes on the ice and you really feel it in your back.

Competitive sports may be where exercise becomes 'fun' for children who are good at it, but for those who are less talented, it is where exercise becomes not only physically demanding but also emotionally painful and socially humiliating.

I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.

When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me. My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too.

I love rock and roll and loved getting on wrestling mats since I was six, and I have never been ashamed of it.

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

I like contact sports like football. I like collisions, and I was good at it.

I think I have a natural hitting ability.

I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.

The more cricket you play in your head, the less you perform on the field. So let cricket, the sport, be on the field.

Wrestling is something I feel really confident in now.

We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them.