Robin Van Persie Quotes

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.

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

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track, and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am today and even how I think today.

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 just want to get better and I love football.

From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through high school.

To play in League One in every game when I was 18 was massive for my development. It's something I'm very proud of. I have great memories, and it was a great experience.

As a footballer, you always want to get better personally. And if you get better personally, you make the team better.

I think video games are a huge part of our society now. Having kids play baseball video games helps them understand and love the game. It could actually push them to get out there and play the game for real. That's great for the sport.

I still love to find and develop the young athletes in traditional ways. I like to watch the physical and mental growth. That has always been very exciting.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

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

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

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

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

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.

The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.

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

Like many kids, I grew up sports-minded.

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

You play the game to compete and you want to be a starter, but at the same time you don't want to rush yourself to be in any situation that could possibly lead you back to where you are today.

I wasn't really interested in girls. Only football. I was just enjoying football all the time. There was a five-a-side next to the flat, and I used to play there all the time. It was all about football. I wanted to be a professional. That was my goal. I didn't want to be anything other than a footballer.

That's all I seek every practice and every game, to progress in some way, be coachable and try to be the best I can be for my teammates.

The main thing for me is to consider sport at an equal level as you would consider mathematics or poetry at school. It's another place where you can send your kids; they can have fun, but you can expect them to have good teachers, and you can expect them to progress.

We are going to help the young talented athletes become world champions.