Youthful Development Quotes

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age.

The difference between a childhood and a boyhood must be this: our childhood is what we alone have had; our boyhood is what any boy in our environment would have had.

Hence the Bible has no record of his years of preparation; the record is very abrupt. Something about his childhood is said, very fragmentary. And only once is he mentioned: when he was twelve years of age and he started arguing with the priests in the temple - that's all. Then there is a gap of eighteen years... nothing is mentioned.

As a youngster, you normally have to play. How will you be one of the best not playing?

A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.

There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.

The wonder, especially about the 'New Mutants' is, they're all kids. They're all growing. They're changing, literally, from page to page in terms of character and approach, past, present, and future. As a writer, that's the most delicious thing to play with.

It's a lot for young players to be expected to deal with all the media, and... there is a lot of pressure to be perfect, but at 19, 20, 21, 22, you're still young and learning.

For a young player, the most important thing is to play.

I arrived at Inter when I was very young and I had the chance to play with Giuseppe Bergomi, and I met Giacinto Facchetti too.

The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.