Growing up Quote by Denise Lewis

I grew up in Hockley, Birmingham. It was an environment I'll never forget in terms of playing football on local pitches, kicking a ball…

— Daniel Sturridge

My childhood in Adelaide was filled with sport. I played soccer from morning until night.

— Jimmy Barnes

I come from a very sporting family and played many sports as a lad.

— Martin McGuinness

It's great to look back at when we used to play in the neighbourhood, seeing mum shouting and also how we grew up playing…

— Wissam Ben Yedder

I can remember sport being at the centre of my family since I was a baby.

— Sam Kerr

I played football at school - but it was something you had to do up in Lanarkshire. But my first love was always motorcycles,…

— Colin McRae

Growing up in South London was what moulded me, really. I grew up in Caford, Lewisham. It just meant a lot of time playing…

— Joe Gomez

Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as…

— Sajid Javid

I grew up very active, and my parents made me try every single sport there was.

— Nina Agdal

I grew up on a farm, so we were either working - or playing outside. Any sport.

— Jordy Nelson

Obviously growing up in my house I knew I wanted to play sports.

— Larry Nance, Jr

Growing up in Belgium, I played football all of the time, in the garden, on the street.

— Jan Vertonghen