Fitness Quote by Claudio Ranieri

They closed down the pitch at my primary school and we had a lot of talented players, but most of them went to get…

— Victor Osimhen

I pitched and I played the outfield.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.

— Pep Guardiola

I never had a coach teach me, my style of batting, nor do I believe in coaching at an international level.

— Shahid Afridi

I tried to do everything on the pitch to play at the World Cup. It wasn't enough.

— Samir Nasri

I was five when my uncle, who also coached my brother, took me to the local pitches. That's where my passion for goalkeeping began.

— Gianluigi Donnarumma

My uncle took me onto the Castellammare pitches, holding my hand, and gave me the passion for this sport. I was only four but…

— Gianluigi Donnarumma

My father was a coach, so there was a lot of moving around, not having a base.

— Paolo Maldini

From the time I was very little and I first picked up a ball, in the back of my head I thought I would…

— Doris Burke

My dad and my brother were more keen on football, but I used to play canvas-ball cricket while at school in Ranchi, and we…

— MS Dhoni

For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.

— Martina Navratilova

I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all…

— Freddie Prinze, Jr