Athletics Quote by Sebastian Coe

I started doing sports when I was 13 and competitively doing sports - where I was actually training - when I was 17.

— Oksana Masters

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

— Alberto Juantorena

I didn't start playing football on a team until 11th grade. I only got to go out then because the coach brought me home…

— Mike Webster

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 played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing…

— Jesse Palmer

When I first came into the league, I followed my parents for everything. Now, I'm really doing stuff on my own.

— J. R. Smith

I had always been involved in athletics throughout my life.

— Samoa Joe

I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three…

— Vinnie Jones

I literally did athletics my whole life.

— Logan Paul

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

— Tyrone Mings

When I became more aware and educated on the state of youth sports and the inability for so many who want to participate, I…

— Jesse Palmer

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

— Jeremy Renner