I wanted to start playing as soon as I turned 18.

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so…

— Maria Sharapova

Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with…

— Cliff Curtis

My greatest memories as a kid were playing sports with my dad and watching sports with my dad.

— Mark Teixeira

I want to make myself and the crowd happy by way of something different, and that makes things difficult. I'm never playing something that…

— Tiesto

All I'm focused on is playing my game. Everything else will take care of itself.

— Grigor Dimitrov

I've been playing football all my life.

— Amari Cooper

When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director, who knew…

— John Tesh

You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again.

— Jimy Williams

Yes, I love playing football, so it doesn't matter where I play.

— David Luiz

I love playing the bad girl.

— Anonymous

You get better by studying and playing with better players.

— Michail Antonio

Once you're playing with a lot of confidence the bad shots don't faze you.

— Shane Lowry

I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and…

— Jewel Staite

When I am not playing or practising, I like to spend time with the family.

— Adrian Lewis