James McAvoy Quotes

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

Around 7 years old, we girls took dancing lessons, joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts, the 4H Club.

Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light. In the same time it is educative, and (like Mercy) it is apt to benefit him that giveth as well as him that receives.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

I grew up at a rec center, man.

Being in the Girl Scouts took me out of the projects environment and showed me different things.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.

Taking part in these types of programs is crucial to our youth and crucial to the future of this game.

I was a Girl Scout!

Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.

I was a Brownie Scout mother.

The whole thing is develop players, develop them as people, develop teams.

The Boy Scouts, of course, had an influence on me because I learned about service in the community.

JROTC students make a commitment to serve their communities at an early age, and they learn the discipline and habits to be future leaders.

Sports is one of the keys to my life. It definitely kept me out of a lot of trouble and gave me a lot of discipline.

I try and focus on the youth coming up, and I think tennis is a great sport regardless of how far you make it: just, obviously, a lot of good life lessons.

I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as citizens endowed with the three H's namely, Health, Happiness and Helpfulness. The man or woman who succeeds in developing these three attributes has secured the main steps to success this Life.

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

The goal for the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation is to give kids an opportunity to be involved in sports and hopefully learn some lessons along the way. We want to put them in a safe environment, help them if they need it and maybe they will get a scholarship to a school because of the skills that they learn. Sport is just a starting point.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.