Children Quote by Martin Lewis Perl

My family was upset when I told them I wanted to play sports. But that's what I wanted to do.

— John Smoltz

I would have liked to behave badly, to play football. I loved sport. But all my family were working for me to succeed.

— Sergei Polunin

My family was heavily into sports.

— Stephen A. Smith

But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

— Eva Herzigova

My parents wanted me to become a national athlete.

— Joe Taslim

I played no sports well. Because I was a boy in the United States Of America, I was forced into Little League and played…

— Ira Glass

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved…

— Channing Tatum

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball…

— Joe Namath

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

— Larry Nance, Jr

I think probably all of my determination and eagerness to want to play professional sport came from my family.

— Israel Folau

I wasn't the athletic kid in my family. Both of my brothers were on athletic scholarships and my dad played semi-pro hockey. My younger…

— Trevor McNevan

Both parents supported my becoming a world class athlete.

— Edwin Moses