Sport Involvement Quotes

I feel like I have grown with the sport.

Being involved in sports and having a very sport orientated family just helped the transition extremely well. I guess, in a way, your school colleagues saw you out and about, and you were part of the team you were getting into the Australian way, learning the language. The transition was extremely smooth.

My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.

I've been a part of this sport for a really long time.

I'm still making my decision in the next few days on what path I'm going to take. What really makes me excited now is to continue to give back to the sport.

I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line.

I want people to see the passion I have for swimming and become more involved in the sport.

I have been in sport in different areas for long enough to know what my life is day to day.

Moving forward, I don't really know what I want to do. There is an opportunity within the media for me, but I would like to give back to football in some way if I'm able to help.

When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I'd be involved in sport in terms of career.

When I was 17 years old, I was given the opportunity to be trained as a wrestler. At the time, I never really thought about making it a career. I only saw it as a chance to do something that I always wanted to do.

I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12.

Football is a sport I have fun with, but I play it, and that's all. I never watch games and know nothing about what's going on in the sport.

I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.

There's no reason to be involved in the sport if I'm not going to fight to my best ability.

I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.

I think to downplay a woman's role in sports is not a good idea because a lot of women love sport, whether they watch it, report on it or work on a team.

I don't see myself coaching gymnastics. I see myself involved in the sport in the future but involved in other things as well.

When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!