Big Quote by Mark Jackson

I started playing professionally when I was 17 years old.

— Jonas Valanciunas

It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.

— Jesse Lauriston Livermore

I wanted to start playing as soon as I turned 18.

— Victor Osimhen

I perhaps could have been somewhat better. One of the interesting things about playing competitive sports as a child is that you confront your…

— David Foster Wallace

When I was a kid, it wasn't expected that I'd end up being able to play football. I remember my parents were told that…

— Alex Brooker

I've been in the game since I was 17.

— Jermell Charlo

I started playing from the age of 11-12. I loved the game immediately but started playing the game seriously only in 1993-94.

— Shahid Afridi

By the time I turned 16, I'd played more than 300 games outside high school.

— Kenny Smith

My father loved to play the game, he never became a professional but when he was younger everyone would say he was good enough…

— Oscar

It wasn't until I was about 16 that I began to grow and develop as a player.

— Jaap Stam

People think I played 10 years. I played 68 ball games.

— Gale Sayers

As a young player, I always thought I was doing everything I could. But the longer you play, the more you learn, and the…

— Scottie Pippen