Frances Tiafoe Quotes

I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.

To be a professional tennis player you need to put in these sort of hours.

I was a huge athlete as a kid. I was on every sports team.

But if kids take up things like hockey and football they will go back to it.

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

As a youngster, I enjoyed sport and my ambition was to be a great sportsman.

I grew up playing every sport.

The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals; the second one instilled discipline in him and taught him more of the techniques that must be mastered to excel.

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.

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

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.

Many athletes competing in Atlanta wouldn't be here if it weren't for corporate support.

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

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

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

I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.

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

I like to play against Juan Monaco.

I've coached grassroots for eight years, I coached middle school, and I coached high school.

My kids are little athletes.

I have always been into sports, right from school.

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 father and uncles all encouraged me to play football: every present I ever got would be boots, kit, or a new ball, and that was just how I liked it.