Shane Larkin Quotes

Video games and outdoor sports - that was my childhood.

For me, baseball just brings up a lot of nostalgic, happy feelings because I enjoyed it as a kid, and I liked being out there playing in the sun, and it was a simpler time for all of us.

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.

I don't have the attention span for sports.

There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

I played football ever since I was a little boy. Coming from a family of six boys, I guess we learned the game of football from a very young age.

For young players, classic games are brand new. For others, they are a way to feel young again.

A large part of my childhood was spent holding a cricket bat. The first time I picked one up was in the garden aged about six, and I've never really put the bat down since.

I grew up with games. It changed my life. It changed my social relationships with my friends. It defined my childhood. It's something I really cherished.

I played all sports growing up. Baseball was always my favorite, though.

Growing up in Bloomington, Minn., I loved the ritual of dressing for Little League - in white socks, blue stirrups, belted pants, a double-knit jersey, and the cap I'd hold over my face to screen out mosquitoes in right field.

When I was a kid, I loved Nintendo.

Growing up, I was always playing with video games.

My favorite thing from my childhood is video games.

My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.

Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.

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 was always active as a child. My dad tried to place me in every sport imaginable. I had so much energy, he wanted to push me in a direction where that energy was used appropriately to keep me out of trouble and focused while I was in school.

I loved being on set when I was younger.

Since childhood, sports has been one of the most important influences in my life.

I grew up on the golden age of children's TV.

We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years old, I was always over at the ballpark practicing or playing or doing something pertaining to baseball. And when I wasn't doing that, I was bouncing a rubber ball off the steps of my front porch at home.