I played football first. I love football. I'm a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in the offseason, I started playing basketball, and I just fell in love with the game. I've been playing basketball ever since 5th grade.
Chauncey Billups
Related I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing ba... DWYANE WADE I've played this game since I was in second grade, and there's nothing more important to me ... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about ba... PATRICK SOON-SHIONG I loved my basketball and played all the way up until I made the under 16s for the state WA side and... JAMIE KENNEDY I played basketball and softball in high school. I didn't know much about volleyball until my daught... GINA TRINSEY Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan. ABHISHEK BACHCHAN I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's m... BRYCE HARPER I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball an... CATHERINE BELL I started playing football when I was in seventh grade, but I just didn't like it, and I liked socce... MIKE SANTIAGO I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it. NATE ROBINSON I love football. My weekends are booked. Saturday college games and Sunday NFL and 'Monday Night... JORDIN SPARKS I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school... GABRIEL LUNA Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running rout... ODELL BECKHAM, JR. I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watchin... ADAM YAUCH I'm a football fan in general. I'm always pulling for a good game. HOLLY ROBINSON PEETE I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career t... BARRY LARKIN I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a foo... JOHN MADDEN I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high. CLINT EASTWOOD I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or th... TAYLOR LAUTNER Actually I don't [try to change the perception]. A lot of people who know me know that I am a basket... KADERO TERRELL I played basketball, baseball, and football. I never had much downtime. But I think playing multiple... GIANCARLO STANTON Young kids should probably not play tackle football. I know this intellectually, but emotionally, I&... PETER BERG I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal. KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I f... CANDICE SWANEPOEL I'm in love with college football. I have such a blast with it. ERIN ANDREWS I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school i... TOM WATSON I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved put... DANIEL BRYAN My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came fro... WARREN MOON I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S... ANDREW LUCK I'm a sports fan. I'm not just an athlete who plays football. REGGIE BUSH I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester St... VIJENDER SINGH It's tough. I'm pretty surprised. I felt as though I did everything I could do. . . . I felt great w... DREW HADDAD I really have a love and passion for football. I enjoy basketball, but it's not something I love... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS If I was coaching the boys, I would broadcast girls basketball and football. If I was coaching the g... BOB JULIUS I've lived most people's dream by playing football. FABRICE MUAMBA I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said ... JORDIN SPARKS We started playing football together back in seventh grade. We all love football and that's what we ... TRENT NELSON I've grown up a lot, and I have such great memories of playing football. JOHN MATUSZAK I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. SHAQUILLE O'NEAL I love football, I've never really taken an interest in anything else. WAYNE ROONEY I love football, but basketball is my favorite sport. All the scholarship offers I received were for... CURTIS BROWN I am a fan of Cam Newton. I love watching him play the game. He is an unbelievable talent: throwing ... JORDAN RODGERS The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather th... GRAHAM TAYLOR I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I... JASON KIDD I'm an ardent American Football fan. DON KING I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket. DANNY BOYLE I love English football. ALEXANDRE PATO When I first started playing football, a headache was called a 'headache.' And now it's ... JUNIOR SEAU I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. PAUL PIERCE I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition. MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game. CORY MONTEITH I am pursuing college basketball and it's going to take a toll (playing football) between the time a... ANDREW SHERWOOD For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playi... SAM BRADFORD Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to footbal... LEIGH STEINBERG I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interes... JOHN MALKOVICH [In my youth], I played a little soccer but I think because of my height and my friends I got involv... FABRICIO OBERTO I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a differen... CAM GIGANDET I love college football and I love pro football. This is how fair-weathered I am. I used to be a Gia... CHRIS BAUER I knew I loved football before I even played it. Uh, but the first time I stepped out on the field p... TIM TEBOW I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever sin... WYCLEF JEAN I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I ... CHAD LE CLOS I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it w... FEDE ALVAREZ I sing the 'Star Spangled Banner,' so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games... JOHN CULLUM As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. Whe... MIRANDA KERR I grew up playing football since the day I could walk; some of my greatest memories of childhood are... GREG GRAFFIN I sail, scuba dive, play football, basketball. CASPER DIEN I sail, scuba dive, play football, basketball. CASPER VAN DIEN Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is th... RABIH ALAMEDDINE I'm just playing basketball. I just want to be a great player. That's it. That's all I... KAWHI LEONARD Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you a... BRYCE HARPER I loved playing football, but the reasons I loved football were just to feed my ego. And any time yo... RICKY WILLIAMS It's a dream come true. I mean, when I was a kid, I used to dream about playing college football... CHAD KELLY I started beach football in Monte Carlo when I retired from football in 1997. I liked the game very ... ERIC CANTONA I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my car... RANDY MOSS I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never... DIKEMBE MUTOMBO I went the more pop-rock route when I was around my teenage years, actually around 13 years old. I t... CASSADEE POPE My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basket... DERRICK ROSE Started playing indoor volleyball in 5th grade. Started playing club volleyball when I was 15. Playe... BROOKE SWEAT Even as a child I was obsessed by the prospect of playing football. Nothing else ever interested me.... ALESSANDRO PIERO Even as a child I was obsessed by the prospect of playing football. Nothing else ever interested me.... ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I... JOVAN ADEPO I didn't watch cartoons, I was too busy playing football. ALAN SHEARER I love playing football. So I go out to play football, and I don't really feel pressure. Of cour... MESUT OZIL I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big f... FERNANDO TORRES Football is my true love. I played with boys until I was 11 and then for a girls' club in Middle... FAYE MARSAY I consider myself a basketball player who plays football. KADERO TERRELL I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In ... OLGA FONDA I've always loved action movies. The first films I fell in love with were 'Star Wars' an... JAMES WAN I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up. MICHAEL B. JORDAN I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd w... FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite. VERNE TROYER I used to play football all the time. In the U.S., people don't play football, so I had to learn... BARKHAD ABDI I have to deal with speculation all the time. But 10 years from now, I see a conference with 12-to-1... DENNIS THOMAS I love football and it's the sport I would really like to play. I've said on national televi... NOVAK DJOKOVIC The decisions I've made have not always been the most popular, but when I look back, I want to k... ALAN SMITH I was in seventh grade math class, and we had this thing called Number Sense. So, I wasn't on th... MICHAEL DELL Actually, I'm for football. But I'm for intelligent football that enhances us rather than fo... BENNET OMALU I didn't play organized football until I was in the seventh grade. Up until that point, I only p... PEYTON MANNING Basketball has always been my first love. Second, I want to be the point guard at Duke. I don't want... GREG PAULUS I love the game. I love to watch. I watch it with my kids. I'm able to divorce the beauty of the... PETER LANDESMAN
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CHAUNCEY STACY One of the reasons why I think we will do well is because we are just now getting enough practice ti... CHAUNCEY SHINES When you face a team that has so many good shooters, you can't afford to give up chances to score. J... CHAUNCEY SHINES Sometimes, when we don't do something right, individuals should be put on the line. But people on th... CHAUNCEY DUKE He knows when to take advantage of mismatches. CHAUNCEY DUKE That was the spark of the game, him coming off the bench and hitting three in a row. CHAUNCEY DUKE I thought we were in it, even when we were down 10 with 3:45 left. We could come in, get three stops... CHAUNCEY DUKE They noticed in the first half that I took only two shots. I think they were hoping I would shoot. CHAUNCEY DUKE It was some bad decisions. That was part of it. Sloppy passes. We just let the game get to us. CHAUNCEY DUKE We just came out sluggish. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. Southside is a really good t... CHAUNCEY SHINES I'm really enthusiastic about the colleagues that I'll gain in [history and American studies], and f... GEORGE CHAUNCEY She had a lot of business savvy and also a deep conviction that books could intervene when American ... GEORGE CHAUNCEY All observers not laboring under hallucinations of the senses are agreed, or can be made to agree, a... CHAUNCEY WRIGHT The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them... CHAUNCEY WRIGHT If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postul... CHAUNCEY WRIGHT By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and amon... CHAUNCEY WRIGHT And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency... CHAUNCEY WRIGHT The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man. CHAUNCEY WRIGHT Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence. CHAUNCEY WRIGHT We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them. CHAUNCEY WRIGHT The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government. CHAUNCEY DEPEW The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. CHAUNCEY DEPEW Men die, but sorrow never dies;
The crowding years divide in vain,
And the wide world is k... SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them. SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY ... And God, who studies each separate soul,
out of commonplace lives makes his beautiful whol... SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY The tasks are done and the tears are shed.
Yesterday's errors let yesterday cover;
Yesterd... SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are. CHAUNCEY MITCHELL DEPEW "So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house?
And a next is under way for little Mr. ... SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) Every tear is answered by a blossom,
Every sigh with songs and laughter blent,
April-blooms up... SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) Spring's last-born darling, clear-eyed, sweet,
Pauses a moment, with white twinkling feet,
And... SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) Men die, but sorrow never dies;
The crowding years divide in vain,
And the wide world is knit ... SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) Every Fern is tucked and set,
'Neath coverlet,
Downy and soft and warm. SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) The punctual tide draws up the bay,
With ripple of wave and hiss of spray. SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) All night the thirsty beach has listening lain
With patience dumb,
Counting the slow, said mom... SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY) They know the time to go!
The fairy clocks strike their inaudible hour
In field and woodland, ... SUSAN COOLIDGE (PSEUDONYM OF SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY)