#grew

I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did. ↗

— Darius Rucker

#african-american #anything #aspired #did #got

My father's encouragement is what has brought me this far, because when I grew up I wanted to be like him, and I knew I had that ability to become an athlete. Being an Olympian is one of the greatest things, and being an Olympic gold medallist is one of the most prestigious titles in the world. ↗

— David Rudisha

#athlete #because #become #being #brought

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#around #away #being #came #drew

I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#always #any #art #fell #films

I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#i #least #rock #rock star #singer

I grew up listening to a lot of soul music, and a lot of folk music. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#folk music #grew #i #listening #lot

People wrote me off, but I believed in myself. I got the confidence back, and it grew and grew. I won my first major and my last at the place that changed my life. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#believed #changed #confidence #first #got

I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it. ↗

— Aaron Sanchez

#give #give me #good #good place #grew

I grew up with a lot of fairy tales. And they had an essence of darkness to them. ↗

— Rupert Sanders

#essence #fairy #fairy tales #grew #had

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop. ↗

— Adam Sandler

#felt #grew #i #lot #me