'Jim Thorpe - All American' influenced me as a young kid.

I think a lot of Jim Thorpe, the Olympian, and his accomplishments.

— Lee Trevino

My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe.

— Randy Castillo

We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other.

— Malaak Shabazz

I have always been true to the people who have influenced me as a young boy.

— Jim Nantz

Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd…

— Channing Tatum

“Football is an angry game, played with punishing violence," he writes. "People get destroyed on the field, lives end. It makes sense that its…

— Rich Cohen

Most people I know think that I'm crazy - but anybody who actually knew Billy Thorpe didn't think that. When I was a young…

— Jimmy Barnes

“...and, if Mr. Thorpe would only have stopped, I would have jumped out and run after you. Is there a Henry in the world…

— Jane Austen

“John Thorpe [...] was a stout young man of middling height, who, with a plain face and ungraceful form, seemed fearful of being too…

— Jane Austen

“...but I didn't care, because the magnificent possibility of kissing Cassidy Thorpe had turned into an indisputable fact of my daily existence...”

— Robyn Schneider

Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of…

— Fab Five Freddy

I have a few friends that have inspired me since I was a young kid. When I watch old films or modern movies -…

— Theophilus London

Things haven't changed since I was a young kid. I just wanted to be the fastest guy I could be, and I am still…

— Shani Davis

I have career ADD, he says. I have career dissatisfaction. Even as a young kid, I'd have that. I'd get really passionate about something…

— Mark Consuelos

As a young kid, you only know what you know.

— Bret Bielema