#youngster

He was a professional rugby player in the area that I played as a youngster. So a lot of people who I went to school with knew who he was and knew that he was black. So I would get racist taunts in school. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#black #get #i #knew #lot

I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#any #bryan #dad #diego #had

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#foreigners #fortunes #good #i #laying

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#christian #christian home #fact #home #i

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#different #each #get #group #know

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#connect #failing #failure #final #i

Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#development #help #hinder #parents #really

I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing. ↗

— Major Taylor

#benefit #bicycle #champions #discourage #entertained

Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#five #hours #increased #just #percent

It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball. ↗

— Jack Buck

#beautiful #class #color #excited #game