Quotes About Growth

I think we were born 6 feet tall and then started to grow from there. My dad's not particularly tall - only 5 feet, 11 inches - but his mother was almost 6 feet and straight as a ramrod: a German woman who used to scare the hell out of me.

I got really tall really quickly. I grew nine inches in one summer, and I was sort of like a Great Dane puppy, flopping around all over the place.

I was just a lanky kid, just tall.

I was always tall, but I had a real growth spurt between 12 and 14.

When I was younger, I wanted to be tall and skinny. And because I wasn't, I was disappointed. The great thing about getting older is that I've come to accept my shape - and embrace it.

I have always been tall. When I was five, I towered above all the boys in my class, so it is something I have grown up with.

I was about 6-foot-3 my freshman year of high school, and after the summer, I was about 6-foot-8. It all happened so fast. I went into the summer being tall, and when I came back, I was a giant. My knees, man, they were throbbing all the time. I couldn't sit in the car for long stretches; my knees felt like they were going to explode.

If you ask a kid what their dreams are, they will give you a list that is as long as I am tall. Once you get older that list gets shorter and shorter, so dreams shrink. I think dreams should grow as you get older.

I really didn't have aspirations. I was just tall.

I've been the same size since I was 12. They thought I was going to be 7 feet tall. I never grew another inch.

I wasn't always tall. I was shorter so my stepdad had me at point guard so I learned those skills.

When I first started playing basketball, my coordination was horrible! I went into high school at 6 feet and left at 6-7 and then grew another inch in college. Catching the ball, it was bad. I've always been pretty athletic, but when I got really tall, I just felt awkward.

Sometimes you have to fall lower than you've ever been to stand taller than you ever could.

Childhood and adolescence are nothing but milestones: You grow taller, advance to new grades, and get your period, your driver's license, and your diploma. Then, in your 20s and 30s, you romance potential partners, find jobs, and learn to support yourself.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

I wouldn't mind being a bit taller.

I just found out that I'm one inch taller than I thought.

I tell girls, 'If you're tall and feel too tall, the answer is to be taller.'

I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.

It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.

My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.

I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.

Some advice I would give myself from the Spirit Squad years - try and get taller.

With the time, as I was growing up and I got taller and my arms were longer, I developed this aggressive style because I think it was better for me, for my style of game.