Age Quote by Harry Winks

When I was younger and at the academy, I was a lot smaller than other players so I had to use my brain more.…

— Phil Foden

As a kid, I mostly played as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker. But I grew a…

— Kevin De Bruyne

In the early stages, when I realized I was going to be probably the shortest player on the teams I was on, it was…

— Crystal Dunn

When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

— Wayne Gretzky

When I was coming up through the programs with the Amateur Basketball Association, it was height: they looked for the tall players, and they…

— Anne Donovan

Every player adds their own dimension and mine is probably my athletic ability. I've played against a lot of big players and in those…

— Owen Hargreaves

I started to realise I am not as strong as others, and I can't muscle someone off the ball who is twice the size…

— Craig Bellamy

Since I was a little kid, I've always watched people intently and tried to mimic them. It's fair to say that all of that…

— Aaron Boone

You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you…

— Gary Oldman

When I was younger, I always knew I was a pretty good player, but it was impossible to foresee how far I'd go. I…

— Rafael van der Vaart

I've really grown as a player, becoming versatile, able to do multiple things offensively.

— Jimmer Fredette

There was a long period when I was younger where people always talked about my size and I was going 'but look, I can…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa