Quotes About Youth

Nobody had Trackman when we were 15 years old. In terms of hitting it far, I've always hit it further than anyone else in my age group.

When I'm not hitting the books or on the court working, I like to help out around my community.

I work with poor kids. I work in the fight against HIV.

When I started out, no one would talk to young people about HIV or AIDS. I looked around and radio looked like a powerful way to shape culture in a healthy way.

When I was a kid, one of my hobbies was as model-maker.

I grew up actually reading 'The Hobbit,' not 'The Lord of the Rings.' I loved 'The Hobbit' growing up.

I have been making hip-hop since I was a kid growing up in New York in the '80s and '90s. It's always been a hobby of mine - I've been making beats and writing songs for as long or longer than I've been acting.

When I was younger, I always liked acting. You know, like, acting locally, or community theater at school. But it's not an especially insured career choice, so I was like, 'It's a hobby. Whatever.'

Living in Baltimore at age 11, I was still not single-focused on tennis. I still played other sports. It was becoming a bigger part of my life, but it was still mainly my summer hobby.

I'd always been fairly sporty. At school I got involved in everything: netball, hockey, cross-country, athletics and I competed in the north east championships. I did a lot of gymnastics when I was younger and then got into my dancing.

I played hockey until I was 13 or 14 years old.

When I was playing street hockey, I really thought that I had some skills!

I remember starting hockey at age 7 and going to my first tryout and dreaming about how great it would be, and it's been even better. These 20 years in the NHL, it's been better.

It's kind of funny the way it happened - the way I became a goalie. I was playing forward on this one team when I was little, and there was another team that needed a backup goalie. I mean, to me it just meant a chance to play more hockey, so I was all for it.

I grew up with all hockey players.

My father played hockey until he was 18.

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

I started out at youth level as a holding midfielder.

I came from quite a free background living on this small holding farm, getting on my bike and running round the field and going on little adventures and always felt like a very independent person.

It's difficult being young; but holding on to a sense of identity is really important in life.

I would hole up in my bedroom growing up and teach myself guitar.

I've seen children's eyes light up when I tell them about black holes and the Big Bang.

The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.

The kid at 9 or 10 who knows who Billie Holiday is... that's the coolest thing ever.