Growing Up Quotes

Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.

Adam Oates
- Up
- Family
- Father
Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'

Wendi McLendon-Covey
- Up
- Want
- Growing

It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time.

Larry David
- People
- Up
- Time
When I was growing up, we had cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, goats, chickens - a whole menagerie.

Sam Heughan
- Up
- Growing
- Cats
Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'

Dacre Montgomery
- Up
- Power
- Growing
I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.

Gary Shteyngart
- Up
- America
- House
Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.

Warren Moon
- Up
- True
- Mother
I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

Ice T
- Up
- Men
- Think