I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer. Justin Cronin
I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.Bill Walton
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up. Sandra Brown
I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14. Earl Monroe
I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guys want to share those experiences with their own sons. Eli Manning
I think it is important for young people to see other young people on television doing something positive with their life, making positive changes and growing. I don't think there is enough of that on TV. I mean, we've got 'Jersey Shore,' and I don't know what that teaches young kids. Johnny Weir
I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path. Jeremy Lin
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now. Magic Johnson
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. Ryan Lochte
I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up. Beverly Cleary
I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was. Bruce Jenner
I was just a big fan of tattoos always growing up, and I wanted something cool that symbolizes what I've been through in my life, and everything on my chest and my back is like a collage.Kevin Durant
I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren't around. I was lucky to have mine around. Dwight Howard
I'd never had money growing up, and it's never been that important to me, except maybe to take our kids on a nice vacation or something like that. Harlan Coben
I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals. Carl Lewis
I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid. Katey Sagal