Friendship Quote by Amanda Beard

We were a sport-oriented family. Because I was athletic, I made friends easily.

— Saroo Brierley

As a young girl, I just wanted to have fun and compete. There were no goals of becoming an Olympic athlete. I wanted to…

— Lolo Jones

I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go…

— Zach Braff

I was a really low-confident kid. I did have friends from playing sports - I played water polo and I swam. But at the…

— Jonny Kim

People were actually approaching me on the street and thinking that I was an athlete. They couldn't quite place it, but a runner, or…

— Kristanna Loken

I was accepted by cool people because the cheerleaders thought I was cute. The jocks knew the jock-girls thought I was cute. I just…

— Kurt Cobain

I think I always wanted to be everyone's friend.

— Nick Gehlfuss

I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people who didn't…

— James Maslow

It really was my brother who got me involved in swimming. I wanted to be just like him and do everything he was doing.

— Summer Sanders

I got to swim against Olympians who totally dusted me, but I got to swim against Olympians. And I met some pretty hot swimmers,…

— Bridget Everett

I grew up a competitive swimmer. I wanted to go the Olympics. Both my parents were professional swimmers. I competed internationally quite often, right…

— Cody Simpson

I've made a lot of friends over the years through racing, but we weren't necessarily teammates.

— Juan Pablo Montoya