Day Quote by Chad Mendes

I grew up as a swimmer, speaking of sports; I spent a lot of time before school and after school swimming.

— Sunita Williams

I did start wrestling after I moved to Iowa, I think in the seventh grade. It's really a part of the Iowa culture so…

— Robbie Lawler

I started at a 'learn to swim' scheme when I was about five-years-old. I did it to learn water safety, but it was fun…

— Liam Tancock

I was an avid swimmer and was state champ at age 12.

— Apolo Ohno

I got into wrestling when I was four years old.

— Justin Gaethje

I started wrestling when I was eight years old with the amateur wrestling team in Mexico.

— Alberto Del Rio

I decided I really wanted to go into something athletic. But I was 23, starting later in life, so wrestling was one of the…

— Gail Kim

I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time, and I know what I had to go through to get here.

— Roddy Piper

I started wrestling when I was 15 years old, and back when I was world champion, I was wrestling 7 nights a week.

— Harley Race

I've been training in martial arts since I was a baby running around the school. Everything from wrestling to muay thai. I started wrestling…

— Frank Mir

When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.

— Jeff Hardy

I've been competing at a top level and everything in wrestling since I was young.

— Darren Elkins