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title: "3 Sports Scholarship Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Sports Scholarship quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Sports Scholarship sayings and thoughts."
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> [My senior school didn't play football. It was a rugby and cricket school, and as I was on a sports scholarship, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/my-senior-school-didn-t-play-football-it-was-a-rugby-and-cricket/)

[Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-6669_cricket_my-senior-school-didn-t-play-football-it_50314.jpg)

> [Your child probably won't get into the Ivy League or win a sports scholarship. At age 24, he might be back in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/your-child-probably-won-t-get-into-the-ivy-league-or-win-a-sports/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/pamela-druckerman-3030_age_your-child-probably-won-t-get-into-the-i_1172147.png)

> [Not interested. I didn't try very hard. I went to boarding school on a sports' scholarship after I bowled a cricket ball…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blackburn/not-interested-i-didn-t-try-very-hard-i-went-to-boarding-school-on-a/)

[Tony Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blackburn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/tony-blackburn-26415_accurate_not-interested-i-didn-t-try-very-hard-i_1921685.jpg)

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