Childhood

“One of the first businesses I launched was when I asked my mother to make me balela (a traditional chickpea soup), and I sold it to my friends in the street.”

“I emerged from the darkness of the womb into a world unprepared to accept me.”

“We were a little bit poor, but if you look back, this was probably the best time in our history.”

“If our children are denied education, we will grow weeds all over the paddy fields.”

“Comme tous les petits garçons, j'ai rêvé de disputer une finale de Coupe du Monde. J'ai aussi rêvé d'y inscrire un but.”

“I well remember, as a boy growing up in Hungary that there was only one Club for me – Arsenal.”

“I believe in the unique ability of sports to convey essential values for the development of children.”

“I started reading at the age of four, and at the age of eight began composing poems.”

“A ja przecież wam powiadam: Krasnoludki są na świecie!”

“I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and the academy — in that order.”

“Let us maintain some cosmic modesty and study the world sincerely, just like kids.”