Youth Aspiration Quotes

When I put on my first Man Utd training kit, it felt enormous in a way that was really special in kind of like a childhood dream type way. Obviously, we don't have that history in the U.S., so to be able to put on a shirt like that as an American was really special.

Every stage of life longs for others. When one is young and eager, one aspires to maturity, and everyone older would like nothing better than to be young.

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.

I grew up in south London, and I remember watching the scene pop off in East and think, 'Ahhhh, I would love to be in Bow E3 right now spitting wid Wiley and Dizzee.'

I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character.

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

When I was 18, I moved across the ocean just for the opportunity to play for a club that played against Barcelona. So to have the honour of playing for Barca? It was incredible.

Every day growing up, I had this dream about the World Cup: I score the winning goal. In the final minute. With my butt!

I thought that I wanted to be a cheerleader because I was one in middle school.

Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

We're talking about growing up in regular families, dreaming about better things, instead of popping bottles in the club and spending a lot of money that you don't have while living in your mother's basement.

I never had any expectations. When I was 11, I just wanted to play for England. I didn't know when it would happen, how it would happen. I picked that dream, and I wanted that dream.

I really wanted to go to college.

I would have liked to grow up in Liverpool and become a rocker. I would have put my boots on, jeans and a leather jacket, and long hair and played the guitar.

About 800 million people in India are below the age of 35 years. Their aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills will be the force for India's economic transformation.

I love Adam Gemili - he's the guy kids should aspire to be like.

The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle.

I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.'

I had to go to see the careers woman at school, and when she asked me what I wanted to do after school, I told her flat: 'I want to be a professional footballer.' I can remember her being silent for a few seconds, just looking at me.

When I was 13, I told my dad I wanted to move to Florida to attend the IMG Academy. I wanted to be a golfer, and that's hard to do in New England where I could only practice half the year.

When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.

I had this dream to be a rapper when I was younger.

Every kid dreams of playing in the Premier League.

I always wanted to be a basketball player.