JaVale McGee Quotes

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.

One of my favorite things to do is teach kids to shoot a basketball. When they finally get it and their eyes light up, it's the greatest feeling.

I often speak about tennis being one of the most important sports when I was growing up, for my hand-eye coordination and quick feet.

Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready.

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

I find young kids. I enjoy coaching and enjoy making them better players.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.

I have been playing football since I was 7.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

You want to be in shape going into camp and be ready to go.

From the age of seven, I basically started practicing my hand-eye and foot coordination, balance, strength, endurance, discipline, and mental toughness three days a week until I was about 15.

It's a real strength for me that I've never minded the training process. It's something I enjoy. I really like being in the gym or, certainly, on the field.

What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.

I enjoy teaching football.

From the age of eight until 15 or 16, every time I was out bowling leg spin I was thinking about my dad and when you've done that it stays with you. There are lots of things he did which enabled me to be the player that I was. It wasn't me that wanted to be a cricketer. He made me 90 per cent of the player I was and the person I was.

My father didn't know about cricket. Then, one of my father's friend advised him to take me to a coaching camp.

And since my father started training me, he always explained to me how important footwork is and how strong your legs have to be.

My parents got me into tennis, and it's why I do what I do, and probably why I do it as well as I do it, because I've always had their guidance and their experience and their help throughout my whole life.

She was the one getting me to practise football. My father has helped in other ways but my mum was the one grabbing the ball and telling me: 'Come on! Let's practise now. Let's go. Right, right, left, left.'

We are training as hard as all athletes in other countries.

I definitely want to put my kids in gymnastics at an early age, whether that's what they want to or not. Gymnastics just builds such a great fundamental strength at a young age, and they get great; they learn how to move with their body. I think that can translate to any sport later in life.

When I started training at the age of eight, my dad used to encourage me.