A Quote by Robert Parish

Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.

Robert Parish

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Robert Parish
American - Athlete
Born: August 30, 1953

I played all sports coming up in Texas. I played basketball, football, baseball, ran track. All through high school I did all of that.

DeAndre Jordan

Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.

Ronnie Coleman

I graduated with about 23 people, so if you were the least bit athletic, you kind of had to play everything. So I played baseball, basketball, football, ran track, and played golf.

Cole Swindell

I played all sports when I was young. I was into wrestling, basketball, baseball, football, and I ran track. But wrestling was my main sport because there was no criterion height-wise.

Muggsy Bogues

I grew up an athlete, growing up in Pittsburgh. I played basketball. I played football. I played a little bit of baseball in my earlier years.

Antoine Fuqua

I grew up in Michigan, so I played hockey, football and basketball. I played a little bit of lacrosse, too. My brother played more lacrosse and ran track.

Steven Yeun

Oh man... growing up, I played everything. I played football, basketball, baseball.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

Michael B. Jordan

I played baseball, football, basketball my whole life growing up.

Kyler Murray

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

Will McDonough

Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.

Vin Scully

When I played football, basketball and baseball, I was always a starter. I played baseball as the number three or number four hitter. Playing baseball, I was the third baseman or pitcher. Football, I was the quarterback. I was always versatile. It came to me naturally. It was always easy.

Future

I played baseball a little bit and ran some track. I was a catcher at one point and I was at shortstop.

Anthony Johnson

I've always been athletic. Growing up in Puerto Rico, and being in the countryside, I was always running around. I also played volleyball, basketball, and I ran track. I was always very conscious of my body.