Quotes About Play

Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.

I still believe it is important that children have a chance to play other sports because they all offer learning experiences. Soccer is a growing sport and would be a good complement to hockey.

Growing up, we played sports nonstop. I mean every single day. As soon I got done with breakfast, I was ready to go.

I think every school in the world should have a sports program.

Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.

I hated having my hair down because it got into my face when I was playing sports. My mom would always put my hair down and make it all pretty, and by the time I got to school, I would have it up in a ponytail.

I saw what politics did to the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and I would defend the right of a sportsman to go and play and perform where they want.

The nickel spot, inside. It's the hardest position to play. It's harder than outside.

Just gotta try to have fun. It's a business. You just gotta come out there and play hard because you never know when another player might take your spot.

I can only say that I've found a wonderful spot at Borussia Dortmund, where I can play football. I feel comfortable here.

I feel like I'm trying to change basketball; being a center, being able to play both sides of the ball and being able to pass as well as I can, that's a difference-maker on a team, especially at the center spot, so it's respect at all levels.

I did a 20-minute selection of scenes from the play 'Spring Awakening' in college, well before the musical came around, so when the musical was becoming a hot thing, and I was reading interviews with Duncan Sheik about how he came to do the music, I think it's interesting.

I had scabby knees with long socks up to my knees. I was scrumping for conkers with everyone else. I was out on my bike. I used to do the 100m sprint. We always wanted to be out playing.

Everyone wants to play like Spurs. We want to play attractive football, get the ball forward, and create chances with good possession.

I'm happy to play for Spurs.

Coming to a team like the Spurs, you're automatically going to learn how to play the game the right way.

I know that Spurs are a team who like to play offensive football.

I am jumping to put the Spurs shirt on, but I will have to prove to the coach that I deserve to play.

We've always had a philosophy at Spurs to play out from the back, to play with style, to play out from the back and that's the way I've always been brought up and to come into the first team is no different.

I feel really lucky that I grew up pretending to be a spy for my whole childhood.

What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.

I always wanted to play characters, and that was definitely one - a Russian spy.

Every manager deserves a part of whatever success you have. They build squads, and particularly at this football club they build the style of play.

I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.