I was on the math team, and I was on the soccer team.
Being sporty at heart, I've wanted to learn football since I was a child. But I never got the chance because, growing up, my family didn't have the finances for extra-curricular activities.
Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.
When I was younger, I was a little bit fat. I wasn't, like, big-time fat; I was just overweight - maybe around when I was 13 or 14. At that time, I wasn't practicing that much; tennis was just a hobby. But it wasn't easy to feel that way.
I'm an athlete; my dad had made sure I played all the same sports as boys growing up, so I was always super competitive.
I've been lucky in that my parents have always supported me with my cricket, but I've seen so many young Asian girls who don't keep up their sporting interests after the age of 12 or 13.
I was always big. I was kind of around this size, like, since I went into high school. I played rugby and stuff like that. So, people, you know, would screw with me, but I never got into, like, a real fight or anything like that.
I played rugby from the age of 10 until my late twenties; an unlikely player - small, quiet, long-haired and 'wiry.'
People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.
I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.
After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.
I played everything. I played volleyball, did track, cross-country, but basketball was my main sport, my main focus.
The Olympics has solely been around other sports as far as Great Britain has been considered.
I remember when I was growing up, I always wore glasses and so if I was on-stage or just being able to move around playing sports, I was never really able to because I had glasses holding me back. Wearing contacts has just been very helpful.
I know other people who have started their kids in tackle football for, like, four- and five-year-olds. So I think it's up to each individual's parents, but for me personally, no I wouldn't. But would I be OK with him playing in seventh or eighth grade? Yes.
My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such an organic fit for me. They are making strives to get families outside - and using tennis as a way to get kids to stay active.
We should teach kids, whether you're on the varsity team or not, that movement is a great thing in your life.
You would want to play in every game if possible, but I am realistic.
My parents were great at making sure I got out of bed when I needed to play football on a Sunday morning and that I was ready after school to go to training on a Tuesday and Thursday. But it was never forced upon me or rammed down my throat. If it had been, I could have ended up hating sport.
I think women should inspire. It is our duty to inspire young girls to play a sport, whether it's just for enjoyment and keeping fit or to actually go on and try and make a career out of it.
Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.
When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.
It's always in our mind-set to encourage young girls to get playing. The only way we can do that is being positive off the pitch, trying to engage as much as possible.
I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition.
I wouldn't have went to school if I wasn't playing football.
