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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.

I can't compare family to athletics.

Amazingly enough, athletic achievement is one of those things that seems larger than life at points. I think we all look to sport for inspirations.

I think we should bring up our children with much less pressure to compete and get ahead: no comparing one child with another, at home or in school; no grades. Let athletics be primarily for fun, and let them be organized by children and youths themselves.

But I was very much into sports when I was a child.

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.

Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.

I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.