Amy Adams Quotes

I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.

Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

I'm still rough around the edges. I grew up with not a lot of money, and just played sports my whole life. So you develop the sports-mouth with all of your friends.

There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14.

I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or throwing the football with my friends. I'm super-active in that sense.

I'd say I was a tomboy... I took wood shop in high school and I was very into volleyball and football, and was very unaware of anything girly for a long time.

I love sports. I was an athlete in high school, and my school was so small we didn't have a football team, so it's the one sport I didn't bother to learn the rules to because I never went to game.

The funny thing about me that most people never really understand is that, at heart, I'm really a jock.

I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast.

If you want experiences to make you a better person, then you play two or three sports.

I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

I played all kinds of sports growing up: soccer, basketball, track. You name it, I've probably played it.

Honestly, I was a troublemaker. The environment I grew up in, my mom and my sister, they decided they were going to sign me up in every single thing to keep me busy. I played football, basketball, baseball. Anything, whatever was in season, I was signed up for it. Basketball was one of the things that just stuck.

Having a father as a football and a baseball coach, I grew up around college baseball players, college football players, like, I just knew sports my whole life.

I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.

I was always hugely into sport before I started boxing. I played rugby, football, cricket, athletics, swimming.

I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.

I'm a jock.

Since childhood, I was ingrained into sports. It plays an important part in my life.

I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.

I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.

I grew up very active, and my parents made me try every single sport there was.

I've always been athletic. Growing up in Puerto Rico, and being in the countryside, I was always running around. I also played volleyball, basketball, and I ran track. I was always very conscious of my body.