When I rejoined AC/DC in 1994 I hadn't played for about…

I didn't play for a long, long time before Soccer Aid, I hadn't played for years and years.

— Alex Brooker

Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One.

— Rick Wakeman

I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play…

— Jimmy Page

I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played…

— Tyler Hoechlin

I hadn't played that much before, and it was all about practicing with the University of Texas coaches. It's takes some expert to look…

— Blake Jenner

I learnt that if we won, it didn't matter that I hadn't played. I had to keep working.

— Fernando Torres

I played almost two years with a torn meniscus.

— Jermaine O'Neal

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

— Phil Collen

I played eight years without really being hurt seriously and hadn't had to deal with that part of the game. So, to get hurt…

— Drew Bledsoe

He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes…

— Mario Lemieux

I've always said, in the era that I played, all those years with the Saints, you don't come out with a big ego.

— Archie Manning

I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards…

— Tommy Bolin

I played so many years without having a big contract, to have the big contract and not win and not have the appreciation, it…

— Shawn Kemp

Playing one year under Coach K feels like you've played for three years. I learned so much from him; gained a lot of wisdom…

— Brandon Ingram

My father played five years for Valence in France's second division. I'd always cry when he would leave for training. Every morning, I'd say,…

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan