Quotes About Youth

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.

I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.

One of my first dreams when I was a child was becoming a painter.

I was going to be a painter. I went to art school - but every 16-year-old wants to be a painter.

My first artistic love was drawing and painting.

I've been painting since I was a kid.

I started painting at 17; I took a class at Brentwood Art Center. I thought about art school - but I'm just so not a school person.

When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.

I started painting when I was in high school.

I've been doing this since I was a kid. Then, I got in trouble for painting like this on the wall, but now, I get paid for it.

When I was a kid, I never even thought about fashion. I had one pair of jeans.

My first pair of Jordans, I wore them all the time. I would wear them to school; I always had them on.

I remember going home one day and telling my brother that I was going to give up football because I was 17 and was too old. My brother said he wouldn't let me. He got me my first pair of real boots and those were the boots I managed to become professional in.

I admire Sachin Tendulkar for being one of the best role models for young cricketers, and no one in Pakistan even doubts his greatness, as his records speak for himself.

I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.

I want to be able to bring out stories like 'Verna,' as well as stories which are of the modern and new generation like 'Ho Mann Jahaan,' which is a film I did of the youth of Pakistan.

People should learn more about Malala and about her life in Pakistan.

The educated youth are the future of Pakistan and they will make us proud in the future too.

A friend got me a job on the door of the Camden Palace nightclub, which quickly progressed to running the place.

I was a very ziddi kid. One Diwali, I was hell-bent on lighting an anaar on my palm, and it burst on my palm! It is not a great memory but I still remember that.

Most of the time - in 'Pan's Labyrinth' or 'Devil's Backbone' - I'm talking about my childhood.

I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out!