Roy Clark Quotes

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.

I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in the middle of 4th grade, I switched to American football and stopped playing competitively until college, when I played intramurals.

The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

I played volleyball for the greater part of my life, since I was 11 or 12 years.

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals.

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 think I've tried to have a platform to speak and to help kids understand learning about baseball.

In Little League back in Oklahoma, I struck out 14 batters in a six-inning game, and we won the state championship.

I started playing from the age of 11-12. I loved the game immediately but started playing the game seriously only in 1993-94.

My sister was an athlete. Every time she came home during her break, I would accompany her. Initially, I took part in school sports, but gradually, my sister encouraged me to take it up professionally.

I played a ton of team sports growing up, and team wins are just incredibly gratifying.

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

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 was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.

My generation put in a lot more hours playing football after school than kids today. These days, all the football these kids play, they play at their clubs, so the clubs need to work seriously on the basic skills.

I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.

The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

I used to play football on the streets with my friends and ended up where I am today.

All I know is the same lessons you need to learn at Little League basketball, you need to learn at the upper levels. It's the little things you learn when you're little that apply in college.

There is lots of enthusiasm among youth of Haryana about sports. They have potential in sports.