Age Quote by Glen Duncan

There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth grade here…

— Adam Ross

I was probably 13 or 14 when I realised I had a chance to make it. That's when I realised that a bit of…

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

Even when I was on the football pitch as a teenager, I wanted to be the teacher.

— Massimiliano Allegri

From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.

— Myles Garrett

Football really was my salvation in high school. For some kids it's art. For some it's music. For me, it was strapping on those…

— Rudy Ruettiger

I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional footballer.

— Paul Pogba

Part of the reason that I wanted to become a footballer was to help my family and friends financially so that was one of…

— Abdoulaye Doucoure

When I was 13 or 14, I started devouring novels; literature took quite a while to take me over, but it caught up just…

— Mark Haddon

Books were my passion and my escape from madness.

— Dorothea Benton Frank

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

— Pep Guardiola

When I was young, all I wanted to do was play football.

— Gylfi Sigurdsson

The passion that transforms life, and art, did not seem to be mine. But in all essentials, my life was a good performance.

— Josephine Hart