Being Quote by Elana Meyers

Besides music, I was all school, school, school. And softball. I played the game since I was four, and I wanted to go to…

— Dawn Richard

I grew up playing softball, and at the age of nine, I decided I was going to be an Olympian. I didn't really know…

— Elana Meyers

I played baseball when I was younger, but the idea of the college scholarship enticed me to switch over to softball.

— Jessica Mendoza

I love playing sports and was an athlete in school.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of the country…

— Chad Harbach

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.

— Kay Cannon

I played sports in high school and in college.

— Jon Bernthal

I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in…

— Brian J. White

I grew up an athlete. Track and field and dance. In track, I actually went to the Junior Olympics. I've always been very athletic.

— Kimberly Elise

If I wasn't active and involved in different sports and just moving around, I wouldn't have even known that I had the potential to…

— Allyson Felix

I had a very ordinary background in Sheffield; I went to a secondary modern, but I saw something on TV in 1968 that inspired…

— Sebastian Coe

Every Olympics, when I was growing up and playing basketball, my parents and I made it a point to sit down and watch the…

— Christian Laettner