British Quote by Joe Calzaghe

I started in this sport at 12 years of age and the goals I set was to be among the best and be the…

— Anderson Silva

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

— Michael Owen

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

I wanted to be a world champion of some sorts since I got into the industry, when I was 15 years old, and I…

— Cody Rhodes

When I was growing up, all my friends at school wanted to be the world's best soccer player. I wanted to be that, too,…

— Viktor Hovland

Ever since I was six or seven, I wanted to be a professional footballer.

— Romelu Lukaku

I always wanted to be a world champion, all my life. At 13, I told my mom I would be a world champion.

— Adrien Broner

I was very hungry to compete internationally when I was 10 years old, and I was good enough to compete, so that part never…

— Dominique Moceanu

I made my first World Championships team at 12.

— Ellie Simmonds

When I was seven I wanted to be a footballer, but when I was 14, I wanted to be a model. Look where it's…

— David Beckham

I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make it as…

— Stuart Dallas

I was extremely competitive, so for me becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best - it was about…

— Vincent Kompany