Adapt Quote by Phil Foden

Growing up I was always small. I think growing up through the academy and being the small one, you get that technical side of…

— Mason Mount

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had…

— Cathy Rigby

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

In youth football, you have to grow up fast.

— Joao Felix

I had to be resilient playing non-League because I was 17 playing against men. I always knew how to beat someone and how to…

— Michail Antonio

In the early stages, when I realized I was going to be probably the shortest player on the teams I was on, it was…

— Crystal Dunn

I'm someone who has grown physically at a later age, I was always one of the smallest players.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was…

— Ben Barnes

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 think being small was how I learned the game. Everyone was bigger and stronger than me, so I had to outsmart people. I…

— Trea Turner

From the time I started playing... When I tried out for a team in sixth grade and on - I was always starting through…

— Grayson Allen

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

— Paul D. Boyer