You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'
I've been playing semi-professional football since I was 14, really.
I'm enjoying watching my kids grow and play sports. That's a ton of fun.
I took to the luge when I was very young, but I never imagined that it would become my passion. At 14, I was already competing on artificial tracks.
I joined the local athletics club when I was 12, that's what I did. I did it of my own volition.
I wish I had more opportunities to play for Canada when I was younger, but pros just never had the chance in those days. It was just set up that way.
All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually wanted me to try out for the U.S. national team, but I decided to quit to pursue football.
I love watching players improve - even as a Little League coach.
When I was younger, I initially hated football because they put me on the offensive line because I was the biggest kid.
I started gymnastics when I was six years old. I was at day care, and they took us on a field trip to a gym club, Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston, and that's how I got started.
In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.
It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into.
My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.
As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.
When I was much younger and still competing in gymnastics, I could rarely find inspiration outside of the sport.
I used to go to my kids' soccer games and I was the only parent who wasn't screaming, because I'd have to do a show that night. It was hard. Moms and dads get more emotional at those soccer and Little League games than at a professional game.
I've been running like this since I was seven.
The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.
My favorite was always whichever sport was in season. I think these days it's almost saddening to see kids who are 10 or 11 and are forced to choose one sport and specialize in that sport and play that sport year-round. By playing different sports... you become a better all-around athlete.
I started playing soccer when I was 6 years old and started lifting weights when I was 16, so it's not like I never exercised.
Both the velodrome and the Commonwealth swimming pool are open to the public and are frequently used by local schools and the local community. Over the last six years young people have been inspired to take up swimming and cycling more seriously; some of them are now coming through as Olympic champions or hopefuls.
I'd play every position when I was in elementary school and junior high. I was playing as guard, too.
I lived a dream. Any kid who starts playing can't help but to dream to play at a club like Arsenal.
When I was 15, I used to go with my sister to her youth games because she was really good.
