Always Quote by Virgil van Dijk

I started playing professionally when I was 17 years old.

— Jonas Valanciunas

When I was about 16, I started to believe I could play professionally. I worked hard and focused more.

— Marouane Fellaini

I think I was 10 when I did my first community play, and then I started booking bigger roles in these plays, and people…

— Lili Reinhart

I started playing with boys from the age of seven and was also playing in the playground after school. We went to play like…

— Wendie Renard

When I was younger, playing piano and guitar were all things that I wanted to do for a short period of time, like any…

— Katie Cassidy

I played a lot at the school across the street from my house. That's how I started, really. Playing street basketball and challenging the…

— Baron Davis

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

— Jimmy O. Yang

Playing professionally obviously helped me a lot, just learning little details in the game. I really enjoyed it. It was just really awesome to…

— Domantas Sabonis

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even…

— Earl Monroe

It wasn't until I was about 16 that I began to grow and develop as a player.

— Jaap Stam

I grew up playing baseball, playing soccer, having a paper route, while running my own small lawn mowing and snow shovelling businesses as a…

— Shiva Ayyadurai