I didn't play organized football until I was in the seventh grade. Up until that point, I only played at recess and in the backyard.
'Star Wars' was everything for me. As a little kid, you get to see the movies only once or twice, but playing with the toys in your backyard, that's where you're first telling stories in your head.
There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory cry of the great ape as it issued from the androgynous chest of Johnny Weissmuller, to the accompaniment of thousands of arms and legs snapping during attempts to swing from tree to tree in the backyards of the Republic.
My dad used to do it when we were little, and I tried it when we played around in the back yard. Eventually, I got a bat and a real ball and played around to see if I could hit left-handed.
My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playing with me.
It would be awesome to play in my backyard.
My earliest childhood memories are of my dad putting a basketball in my hand and playing with me in our backyard.
