Air Quote by Steven Bergwijn

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

— Burt Bacharach

My dad never let me win. I didn't beat him at golf until I was 13. I didn't beat him at basketball until I…

— Gary Woodland

Growing up, I wasn't a big guy; I struggled to hold on to the ball.

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

If I had grown earlier, maybe I would have stuck with football. Maybe. But I was just too small. I was quick, I could…

— DeAndre Yedlin

I was one of the smaller kids growing up.

— Jarvis Landry

When I was a kid, it wasn't expected that I'd end up being able to play football. I remember my parents were told that…

— Alex Brooker

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

I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a…

— Anne Donovan

I definitely wasn't the kid playing sports. I was super different.

— Ashton Sanders

I wasn't very athletic as a kid.

— Chyler Leigh

I perhaps could have been somewhat better. One of the interesting things about playing competitive sports as a child is that you confront your…

— David Foster Wallace

I was always a guy who could score the ball as a kid, but everybody wanted to score. And I always wanted to be…

— Andre Iguodala