Believe Quote by Marouane Fellaini

I started playing professionally when I was 17 years old.

— Jonas Valanciunas

I could have started playing professional at 16, 17 quite easily. For my position, I was far better than a lot of people around…

— Sol Campbell

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

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

— Jaap Stam

I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.

— Jason Bateman

For the beginning of my career, I was always playing people younger than me.

— Ben Feldman

I probably realized when I was maybe 13 years of age that I could make a living out of playing professional sport and from…

— Israel Folau

The way I learnt to play was to go out there and enjoy myself. I never thought I'd play professionally.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

Playing professionally obviously helped me a lot, just learning little details in the game. I really enjoyed it. It was just really awesome to…

— Domantas Sabonis

I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22.

— Richard Briers

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played…

— Matt Kuchar

I was competitive ping-pong player. I played in youth tournaments, under the age of 13.

— Jimmy O. Yang