Direction Quote by Emma McKeon

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

— Nina Agdal

I'm way too old to change sports now. Sportsmen start so young - some of the ski jumpers we were talking to, they were…

— Martin Truex Jr

For me, it's just kind of a chase for self-improvement in and out of the water. That's why I do enjoy the sport.

— Caeleb Dressel

You either grow with this sport, or you get left behind. It's sad, but it is what it is. You gotta keep up with…

— Max Holloway

I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.

— Jake Owen

I don't know where sports in general will go. But when I grew up, you just played the sport. Parents just wanted to make…

— Martin Brodeur

I feel like I have grown with the sport.

— Amanda Nunes

I didn't play any extreme sports growing up. I never surfed, and I grew up in Santa Cruz. I was very good at doing…

— Julia Hartz

For many of us, sport has provided the continuity in our lives, the alternative family to the one we left behind. It gives us…

— John Thorn

I surfed until I was 18, and being the athlete that I am, I got really frustrated with how I wasn't really getting any better.

— Brett Young

Maybe it's part of being an athlete, but I feel like we're really good, especially in swimming, about just pushing things down and pushing…

— Jessica Long

Growing up in sport, it is a pretty cool thing to be a part of.

— Emma McKeon