Quotes About Youth

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference.

Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.

I was a baseball player growing up and wanted to play ball.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

When I was 20 years old and first with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we had an 88-seat theater in a basement and no money.

Basically, I've been dressing the same way since I was 10 years old.

I think, when I was younger, I might have scored on the wrong basket. That wasn't too smart.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

Basketball is pretty big in Latvia.

I was a very shy kid. The only place I had confidence was in between the lines of a basketball court.

When people asked me back then what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said a basketball player, and I meant it. But I loved going to the movies.

I didn't grow up playing football. I wanted to be a basketball player.

I didn't play a lot of bass as a kid, but I sang it.

Today, somewhere in America, there's a kid who's got a laptop and a guitar and a couple of his friends he's putting together to play drums and bass, who's gonna change the way we say things, the way that we dress, the way we view things, the music we hear, everything.

I was a big Drum and Bass junkie when I grew up.

When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.

Your ability will get you the job, but you also need to have age on your side. So if you started your career at 21, you have an advantage over others in your batch who started at, say, 24.

In China, I had my body lit on fire. And in Russia, I took a bath in reindeer blood, which apparently had some kind of youth-enhancing elements.

I was about 15 years old when I moved to the Bay area.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

When I was a kid, I liked to enjoy the game. I play good when I enjoy the game. If I get too serious in the game, I won't play the way I'm supposed to play. That's the way I am, always. I like to be happy, and I have a lot of energy.

You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.