Michelle Obama Quotes

My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.

The most passionate fans are from India, and I hope that I can motivate more Indians to pursue wrestling - or any athletics, for that matter - and become champions.

My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.

I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.

Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then I'd go baseball, and then I'd go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

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.

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.

I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.

Growing up, we played sports nonstop. I mean every single day. As soon I got done with breakfast, I was ready to go.

Watching boxer Dingko Singh's performance at the Asian Games, Bangkok, where he won gold, was the defining moment. I was 15 and enjoyed sports more than anything else. Singh's performance changed my life and inspired me to follow boxing.

High school baseball is a passion of mine.

I come from a small town in Ohio and was always into sports.

I love football. I played it into two years of college.

My mom used to be a basketball player so I was really into it. Plus of course my height made it easier for me to decide what kind of sport I wanted to play, so at the age of nine I went to my first basketball practice.

Wrestling, football, basketball, and baseball were the four things I was obsessed with as a kid.

I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.

If he wasn't so vital in my younger days, I would have never kept up with baseball. At some point, your dad has to motivate you until you actually realize what you're doing.

We should be looking to inspire every living person in this country to play the game of cricket.

I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.

Of course, the moment when the ball hits the net, that's fascinating for kids playing the game and motivates them to join a club.

As a schoolboy I can recall playing three games a week and not even feeling it.

When I was younger, I wanted very much to play football.

I was big into football in college.