I always knew I wanted to be in television when I was a kid, and I knew I wanted to model. Lisa Leslie
I always said I wanted to be a great athlete, ever since I was an overweight little kid. I just love competing in any kind of athletics.Herschel Walker
I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day. Cobi Jones
I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more. Mike Tyson
I don't think some athletes understand how big it is to be an athlete, what they can do with just a simple gesture of shaking a kid's hand. It can make a fan's day. It can make a fan's life. Matt Kemp
I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education. Alonzo Mourning
I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends. Jack Nicklaus
I haven't seen a professional player come out of New York in over 20 years since my brother Patrick came out. Blake spent a few years in Harlem, but he moved to Connecticut when he was a kid. John McEnroe
I hope everybody's had fun, because I've enjoyed my ride. I can tell you that. Now it's time to step aside and let some other young kid come in and win. Hopefully, they will, too. Fuzzy Zoeller
I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds. Lance Armstrong
I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school. Victor Cruz
I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids. Cal Ripken Jr
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 loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid. Pete Sampras
I played soccer, and I was the kid who ran the wrong way, or I was pretending to be some sort of zebra and I would flail my arms and kick up my legs. Johnny Weir
I sign every autograph I can for kids because I remember myself at that age. I think it's ridiculous that some guys won't sign for a kid. Jim Thome