Eight Quote by Ken Griffey, Jr

I was picked 28, my dad was picked 28. He wore 82 when he played in the pros.

— Mark Ingram II

Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, I was a college football junkie. My mom attended the University of Iowa and so I can remember…

— Kirk Cousins

I was 15 when I made my debut for the national team.

— Samuel Eto'o

My father had played for the national team for 15 years.

— Eidur Gudjohnsen

I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.

— Jodie Whittaker

My rookie season, I wore 8 because I had wanted 15, but it's retired in Philadelphia. I had worn 15 in college.

— Jahlil Okafor

The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform

— Ryne Sandberg

I didn't play on an organized team until I was 13 or 14 years old. Two years later, I was invited to the Junior…

— A'ja Wilson

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

When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.

— David Villa

I haven't put on a baseball uniform since about age 12. It's like I'm wearing a Halloween costume. I'm pretending to be a ballplayer.

— Ken Fox

My father signed me up for football training when I was only four and my grandfather also used to take me.

— Fred