A Quote by Kawhi Leonard

When I was growing up, I didn't have a hometown hero.

Kawhi Leonard

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Kawhi Leonard
American - Athlete
Born: June 29, 1991

Just growing up in Columbus, which is such a special place, small town with a Fortune 500 company's headquarters, the extraordinary modern architecture. The experiences that I've had growing up in that very unique hometown has shaped me and always will shape me.

Mike Pence

In my mind, my music is kind of inseparable from my hometown and my life growing up.

Drew Holcomb

There are definitely some folks in my hometown who are unhappy with the way I portrayed my hometown... But I think most folks realize I wrote this book not to disparage the hometown but to really try to understand why so many kids who grew up like I did struggled.

J. D. Vance

There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I lived in a town that I loved, but was too small for the dreams I was dreaming. You leave thinking the world has a lot more to offer than your hometown, only to realize years down the road that no matter where you grow up, you will never be able to recreate the innocence and feeling of 'home' anywhere else in the world. No matter who you are, or where that little town is, that's something we all have in common.

Aaron Lines

I first learned the power of a Labour government to transform lives growing up in my hometown of Stockport.

Angela Rayner

Growing up I used to ... one of my heroes growing up was President John F. Kennedy. And I actually have a memory box from when I was a little where I saved articles about President Kennedy. He was a real hero.

Mike Pence

We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman.

John Singleton

Growing up, we never got to see a hero who didn't have superpowers who looked like us, that you could kind of look to and say, 'I could be that guy one day. I could be a patriot. I could be a soldier. I could work in the government and be a hero.'

Corey Hawkins

Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay.

Lucy Lawless

Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.

Kerri Walsh Jennings

I don't like beating up people in my hometown. I like to go to their hometown, so they can see what they're all about.

Tank Abbott

Growing up, you think about playing in the big leagues one day. But to this scale, and winning a World Series in your hometown, I don't think you could have planned that.