Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning. Gerry Cooney
I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up. Nonito Donaire
Although it is disappointing that softball was not reinstated into the Olympics, we are going to continue to keep growing the sportJennie Finch
As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that. Tiger Woods
As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up. Jim Evans
As I grow older, I have a growing curiosity about my other half. My dad did a wonderful job raising me, and I wouldn't change it for the world, but at the same time there is a growing curiosity about my other half. Apolo Ohno
Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids. Herschel Walker
Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting Kobe Bryant
Can I jump over two or three guys like I used to? No. Am I as fast as I used to be? No, but I still have the fundamentals and smarts. That's what enables me to still be a dominant player. As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting.Kobe Bryant
Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear. Shannon Miller
Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L. Warren Moon
Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.Kevin Durant
Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy. Nonito Donaire
Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice. Kristi Yamaguchi
Growing up I definitely looked up to Dominique Moceanu. She was my favorite gymnast and she was on that '96 Olympic team. She was always so fun to watch. I kind of wanted to model my career after hers. Alicia Sacramone