Just Quote by Kevin De Bruyne

I signed with a club when I was 12. I started living by myself at 14. I turned pro at 16. I grew up…

— Danilo Gallinari

I didn't really have a position when I was younger; I just used to play where the manager told me to play.

— Trent Alexander-Arnold

I signed as an 11-year-old for Everton. I broke into the Under-18s at the age of 14, then the reserves at 15, then I…

— Ross Barkley

I just enjoyed playing, but I don't think I ever really thought I was going to make it to the first team until I…

— Bukayo Saka

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

— Bert Campaneris

Before I was a manager, I was a player for 11 years.

— Roberto Mancini

I started playing professionally when I was 17 years old.

— Jonas Valanciunas

I started full-time training when I was 10, signed professionally when I was 14, and won my first match at the same age.

— Madison Keys

Toughest thing for me as a young manager is that a lot of my players saw me play. They know how bad I was.

— Tony La Russa

I played in the Under 18s when I was 14, then the reserves at 15, and then the first team.

— Jack Rodwell

I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.

— Nate Ruess

I did not play my first full season until I was 21.

— Adam Lallana