Always Quote by Harry Maguire

From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it…

— Christian Eriksen

I didn't start playing football on a team until 11th grade. I only got to go out then because the coach brought me home…

— Mike Webster

I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.

— Alan Hansen

I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we…

— Edin Dzeko

I guess my earliest football memories are of playing in the street and also the little pitches at school. I joined the local football…

— Arjen Robben

The school I went to was only famous for one thing... Peter Osgood went to that particular school. That's probably my earliest memory of…

— Mike Ashley

I started playing football on the streets; I grew up playing football on the streets with my friends, and that's why I was brought…

— Diego Costa

I got to play first-team men's football from a young age.

— James Maddison

Being young, I've always wanted to just play first-team football as soon as possible.

— Tino Livramento

Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black…

— Vinnie Jones

I got my first football when I was two and played my first proper game before I was five. So nothing else was ever…

— Manuel Neuer

I played football growing up in junior high and high school.

— Ryan Merriman