Become Quote by Ollie Watkins

I started going training with Southampton, and they were selecting the team for the under-9s. I did a six-week trial and got in. I…

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

I was confident in my ability because a lot of the players at Exeter were older and coming to the end of their careers.…

— Ollie Watkins

I was in an academy from the age of eight. I couldn't play for my grassroots team then.

— Tyrone Mings

I started playing when I was about 16, and I got picked for the England youth team when I was 17 because I was…

— Fallon Sherrock

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 was about five or six when I went to the little foundation camps. I got into the academy when I was nine, and…

— Sean Longstaff

I arrived when I was a kid; I was just 17. I would have liked to have played more, but I learned a lot…

— Gerard Pique

My PE teacher used to scout for Sporting and, when I was nine, he recommended me for a trial. From there, I just went…

— Eric Dier

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came…

— Willie Mays

For me at 16 and 17 years old, I wasn't even playing for the academy teams. I hardly played in the starting XI for…

— Bernardo Silva

I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew…

— Lavrenti Lopes

I did my first play when I was 7.

— Madeline Brewer