Age Quote by Ashley Young

When I was a kid, it was very common to go places and get racially abused, starting from age six all the way up…

— Vincent Kompany

When I was 11 I had to umpire a game. I got hit in the head and got knocked out. The ball was hit…

— Eoin Morgan

I was 13 and one of the boys on the other team called me a monkey. When I was younger, that sort of thing…

— Michail Antonio

When I was about 16, I got my ball taken off me by the police for playing in the street - which is pathetic really.

— Wayne Rooney

When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court…

— Roger Federer

I was 10 when I realised I couldn't stand football. I'd tried, obviously, before this - no one wants to give in to social…

— Andrew O'Hagan

My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

— Pedro Martinez

I remember when I was 10 years old, my dad would hit hundreds of ground balls and throw hundreds of pitches for me to hit.

— Carlos Correa

I got raped when I was 11, and I loved it.

— Lil Wayne

Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five.

— Prithvi Shaw

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because…

— Adam DeVine

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came…

— Willie Mays