Quotes About Youth

I bought tiny infant onesies while still in college and compiled a killer toy collection throughout my 20s and 30s.

When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.

When I was a boy, my parents would buy me a new toy and I would destroy it. Oh man, I would destroy it. I don't know why I would do such a thing. I was a little rough when I was a little kid.

My first toy hoop was a Dr. J model!

My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.

Games can be art, and they can be significant and all the glorified things that we want them to be. But if you ask a kid if their toys are important, they'll say 'yes,' and 'Please don't take them away.'

There were no toys or games when I was younger, just a football.

My toys were those of a boy: skates, bicycles.

All children can do things to help, whether how big or small - by donating toys or lending a hand in the community.

I never played with anything like toys.

I was always dressing up as a kid in the backyard, building some sort of fort and having battles against imaginary enemies. It's often that same feeling when you're pretending for a living, but it's with bigger toys.

Even at 10 years old, Jonathan and I started saying things like, 'Hey, what about this for the property?' And I remember my parents saying, 'You're 10. What do you know about real estate? Go play with toys.'

Marvel comics took a chance on me in my youth, allowing me to create so many toys in their sandbox.

At 20 years old, I was better at playing with toys than I was as a kid.

I slipped through every school I went to without leaving a trace. I was in no team; I was never a prefect. I was totally mediocre - well, I probably still am - but at places like Summer Fields and Eton, it's all about sport and doing your bit, and I always preferred to watch telly or read a book than run round a field.

When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and T.I. - dudes that went all out on the track. My first songs were energetic because I liked their energy.

It was not until the end of my freshman year in high school that I thought I could really have a future in track and field. I definitely did not think I could make it to the Olympics back then, though; I was just focused on making it to the state finals!

I used to run track in high school and was unexceptional in every way.

My freshman and sophomore years in high school, I spent a lot of time trying to get back on the right track. I was arrested multiple times by the time I was 16, so I had a little harder time trying to adjust like a lot of us do in high school.

I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I couldn't be a Girl Scout anymore. I was in clubs like Junior Achievement, and I ran track and field. My grades were good, but then toward 11th grade they were nothing. I always went to summer school.

I once wore a pair of bright red sneakers with a grey track pants.

Track and field was very big when I was growing up.

I'm young, and I'm a girl, so, when I post something, I want to see what people are saying or what they think of my photos. I've found it better if you don't read anything and you just always stay off that track.

The sixth track on 'Days Before Rodeo' is jet fuel for the soul, the kind of song that could make a middle school librarian put her head through a glass coffee table.