I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close…

“Running a close second [as a writing lesson] was the realization that stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or…

— Stephen King

“With one lick, I was close. With a second lick, I was close to stupid.”

— Alice Clayton

“But none of them taught me the things I learned from Carrie White. The most important is that the writer’s original perception of a…

— Stephen King

I've been homeschooled since ninth grade.

— Jessica Sanchez

In ninth grade, I played wide receiver.

— Quavo

I did attend Catholic schools up to the ninth grade, and I admire much in the Catholic Church.

— Matthew Scully

The ninth grade. I went from 5'9' to 6'8'.

— Bubba Smith

I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth,…

— Derek Jeter

I was in, like, nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger.

— Jessica Stroup

I never finished the ninth grade.

— James Garner

I haven't played quarterback since eighth or ninth grade. I didn't see it get much attention when I completed a pass then.

— John Stockton

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the…

— Rita Mae Brown

All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting…

— Brad Holland

The president I came to know best was George Herbert Walker Bush. No. 41 in your program, No. 1 on your list of fast-playing golfers.

— Dan Jenkins

“had delivered them flawlessly. After showing a quick excerpt from the Declaration of Independence about America pledging its sacred honor to help the victims…

— Brad Thor