I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.
I think I'd probably shine really well in a team sport, but as everybody knows, I don't handle politics very well. A lot of team sports has a lot of politics. Individual sports, it's all about me.
I would love to have been a golfer or any individual sportsman.
I'm not a team sports person type person, so I probably would have been good at tennis, because I like tennis. But my parents really didn't push me. I think if my parents would have guided me and stay committed, I could have played any sport I wanted to, but I never did.
I'd like to see as many sports as I can because I have never had the chance to enjoy the other sports in the past.
I don't think I ever played any sports recreationally for my own pleasure. I was bad at them from the start.
Team sports aren't my thing. I find it easier to pick something up if I can do it at my own speed. And you don't need a partner to go running, you don't need a particular place, like in tennis, just a pair of trainers.
It's easier to go outside and play basketball. You can shoot around by yourself. Play pick-up. Whereas with baseball, no one likes putting a ball on a tee, hitting it, chasing it and putting it back on a tee. You need more than a few guys. So I was always in the neighborhood playing basketball with my friends.
Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.
I'm a softball player. I'm a soccer player. I played tennis every day. I love being outside.
Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.
Sport is a loathsome and dangerous pursuit.
I watch football sometimes at home, but in my downtime, I play pool with my friends. Darts - I enjoy darts now, and when there is a game not coming up, I enjoy playing golf as well. I'm not very good at golf, but I enjoy being able to relax.
I was all for basketball, and I made the decision to play tennis.
In high school you just kind of go with it, you belong to a sport and you're lettering and there is a very social part. With cycling, a lot of people will steer away because you can't letter, and lettering is still cool and it's very important for scholarships and other stuff.
Hockey and soccer weren't my thing.
Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves.
I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.
I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family.
I just stick to what I know, boxing.
If you take golf, you have a teacher for the drive, a teacher for the approach play, and a teacher for the putt. That's three specialist coaches for one player. In football, one coach looks after 25 players.
I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.
I really enjoy tennis, but football's the game for me.
If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something that you can do that gets that athletic urge satisfied, but you get to do it on your own terms. You can be as ballsy as you want to be. It was perfect for me.
