Birmingham Quote by Willie Mays

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 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

I started playing when I was about 16, and I got picked for the England youth team when I was 17 because I was…

— Fallon Sherrock

I started to play football when I was about 10; my father brought me to one school because there were more pitches where we…

— Edin Dzeko

I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.

— Ryne Sandberg

I was eight years old and I was playing rugby for my local club.

— Kelvin Fletcher

I was an 18-year-old lad playing in a Scottish League Cup final at Hampden in front of 60,000 against Celtic. That's an experience I…

— James Maddison

I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the…

— Michael Weatherly

I only started playing top football when I was 17 and a half.

— Divock Origi

When I was 11 I was scouted by the Thames Valley under-21s. It was really daunting. I was scared for my life when I…

— Isa Guha

Mostly as a No 10. When I was really young, I played as a striker, but I grew a lot when I was 15 or 16.

— Kevin De Bruyne

When I was eight, I went into a football school in my neighbourhood, and we played five a side on a little court.

— David Villa