Quotes About Youth

When you're young, you don't care about your parents and what they're doing. But then you get to your 20s, and you start watching their movies. And then you become an actor, as I did late in college, and then you're really watching them. And they were really very good.

I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.

I'm a late bloomer. I believe 40 is the new 19.

In my 20s, I was 16. So I was a late bloomer. I was still very much a child when I was in my 20s.

I grew up watching Cinemax, the late-night Cinemax of the '80s and early '90s.

I wasn't interested in anything at school apart from making sure I had the latest fashion on my body and making sure that I had a bit of dollar.

When I was younger, let's face it, Latinos in the league were almost always kickers. But Anthony Munoz was definitely a guy I looked up to.

I remember asking my mum when I was about 13, 'Why are my brothers and sister so much older than me?' And she just said, 'You were a mistake.' And I laughed.

If someone had told me age 14 to start making serious decisions about my career, I'd have laughed!

When I was a kid, I thought I would be an entrepreneur and maybe at some point go into law school.

The youth don't vote lawmakers into office, and as a result, they don't work for them.

The laws of this world are for children.

From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.

When I was at school, I wanted to be a lawyer.

None of my ambitions were serious as a girl. One week I wanted to be a lawyer, the next a binman.

I didn't want to be fireman. I didn't want to be a doctor, or a lawyer, or president. I didn't want to be any of those things the kids go through when they're young and growing up, and, 'Hey, I want to do this.'

When I look at 55 percent of our black men dropping out of school, how bad off are we going to be when we need some lawyers?

The teachers teach the children that are going to take care of us. These are our future leaders, doctors, lawyers. So, they need to have everything in their arsenal to teach these kids.

Growing up, I used to go to an inlet to lay out and try to meet all the surfer guys.

I think the years leading up to 21 were a bit more fun than 21 and beyond might be.

I came into this league when I was 20, and I didn't know if I was going to make it.

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about.

I learnt so much at Coventry - I was playing as a regular at 17, most weeks. And that's something that left me in good stead.