Al Horford Quotes

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

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

We are making strides in educating our athletes.

I want to create as many opportunities as possible for people inclined towards sports.

People study and play sports side by side. So, most of the talent exists in schools and universities.

I loved playing cricket from my childhood. My dad made me play in the streets, and my interest grew. He put me in a club, seeing this. My habit grew from that point.

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.

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

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.

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.

Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.

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.

For years, we have had many coaches in football, but there are no teachers anymore. And you see that in the play itself.

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.

There's so much hard work, dedication, and focus goes in from not just the athletes but from the coaches, officials, governing bodies, and Sport Wales. It's a real team effort, and it's rightly called Team Wales.

That's what writing is: it's imagining that you can make a world. That's what basketball is, too: it's imagining the game as a world.

Playing basketball taught me the value of determination and teamwork.

I need to go play the right way, listen to LeBron and be a sponge and try to soak up what he's going to tell me.

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

I love watching players improve - even as a Little League coach.

The most satisfying way to play basketball is when you can get the best out of everyone on the court.

I was a Division I college athlete, and I grew up with five brothers and two sisters. I've always been a competitor.

If you can break bread with a guy, you will actually go the extra mile on the court; that just happens.

I didn't work out with Kobe. I don't know where that came from. I wish I could have.