Asks Quote by Kristine Lilly

In my head, I was like any young kid: 'I'm going to be a footballer.' But at the same time, my mum and dad…

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

When I was in third grade I told my parents, 'I want to go to a bilingual school so I can learn English so…

— Carlos Correa

My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.

— Anne Donovan

I first came to China as a child on a visit with my family in 1978.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I was 15 when I made my debut for the national team.

— Samuel Eto'o

We had a pretty good life, growing up in Taiwan, and I think my dad really made a concerted effort to say hey, we're…

— Justin Lin

When I was 11, I told my mum I would play for England - and by 17, I'd done it.

— Karen Carney

“What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it.”

— Amy Chua

I'm lucky that I was born to these parents. I'm lucky that my dad wanted to be around me, that he took me to…

— Joe Buck

Everything started with my mom. When I was five, she asked me if I wanted to sign up for soccer, but I had some…

— Lindsey Horan

At 15, I was playing with the C team at Reims and I wanted to leave. It's a difficult age for a kid -…

— Robert Pires

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.

— Patrick Chan