Jeff Kinney Quotes

Competitive sports may be where exercise becomes 'fun' for children who are good at it, but for those who are less talented, it is where exercise becomes not only physically demanding but also emotionally painful and socially humiliating.

Competition is great for everyone. Sports can teach you so much at an early age, including camaraderie and sportsmanship. Competition aspect is something I've always been big on - I always wanted to compete in something. It was swimming for many years, then I moved on to basketball. I had to find a way to channel my competitive energy, so I'm lucky that basketball worked out for me.

If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest.

When you're playing against a whole bunch of All-Stars, it's like a video game. There's so much talent on the floor at once.

I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal.

Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.

That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards.

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

At 4, I joined a summer rec team called the Sugar Bears.

I played softball. I was on an all-star team. I traveled with the team. I loved it.

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

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.

We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

Nothing is like being out there and playing and performing and winning - nothing. But to have an interest in the player? The nerves and everything that goes with it? Seeing what he's learned and how he's done it? That's the second best thing to playing. I think.

I love sports - I used to play volleyball really competitively...I went to Junior Olympic qualifiers, and I've ridden horses my whole life.

It used to break my heart that I didn't get to start in varsity soccer!

I played sports growing up in high school.

Encourage kids to enjoy running and play in athletics. Don't force them to run too much competition.

All American males are failed athletes, and it was big time even if it was Little League. It meant a lot to you.

Well, first I have to make the team, of course.

I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

I played football. I wrestled. Those were team sports and I played for the school. When I was younger, I played kick the can and stuff like that. I loved that.

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me.

Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.