First time Quote by Jessica Ennis

I look back at 1993 or 1994 when I made it to the National Championships, and I was on used skates and handmade or…

— Michelle Kwan

When I was about 17 I was on the G.B. squad and that's where I wanted to be. I went to the Commonwealth Games…

— Callum Smith

I started track and field when I was 12 and didn't get to an Olympic Games until I was nearly 23. By any stretch…

— Sebastian Coe

I've designed since I was 12. The first was when I skated to Carmen, in red and gold and black. I wanted so many…

— Sasha Cohen

When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the competitions I…

— Brittany Bowe

My dad saw it as a goal before I did, when I was 12 years old. I didn't think competing in Olympics was possible…

— Bonnie Blair

I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in…

— Ryan Reynolds

I started wearing Ugg when I was, like, 13 or 14, in high school, and my mom got me a pair for Christmas one year.

— Tom Brady

I was maybe only 13 or 14 when I started to play junior tournaments.

— Jana Novotna

When I was younger I was the kid wearing things that were a bit out there.

— Evan Mock

At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and compulsory cap…

— Ronald Frame

When I was 15, I was wearing sandals and corduroys, Guernsey, striped pullover, a beard that was hardly there, shades and a beret, and…

— Roy Harper