Early Quote by Stephen Hendry

I was maybe only 13 or 14 when I started to play junior tournaments.

— Jana Novotna

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

— Jimmy O. Yang

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

— Tyrone Mings

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was…

— Brian Blessed

I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that…

— Frank Bruno

I had my own youth. I had fun playing in the amateurs, going out with my friends on the weekend, drinking a beer, that…

— Jaap Stam

I was the last one to get a scholarship out of my year - at 14, I think. I couldn't play up front because…

— Kyle Walker

I was so keen to play when I left school, I'd have played for nothing. In fact, I did that for a long time,…

— John Bonham

At 17, I decided I wanted to be a full-time athlete but my parents weren't so sure. So we agreed that if I hadn't…

— Colin Jackson

I played in the Under 18s when I was 14, then the reserves at 15, and then the first team.

— Jack Rodwell

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