Birmingham Quote by Willie Mays

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.

— Bob Uecker

I can remember earning £5,000 a game playing for Hibs at the end of the Seventies. They let me commute from London, train on…

— George Best

I remember cleaning boots at Millwall on £250 a week and feeling like a millionaire. I'd made it then. At that time, if I…

— Timothy F. Cahill

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came…

— Willie Mays

When I was about 18, I started playing restaurants for £150 a night. I felt like a millionaire.

— Sam Fender

When I left Bristol City for Palace, I just wanted to be playing football. I didn't care about the money I was getting or…

— Yannick Bolasie

I played at school then signed up with Leicestershire when I was 18, for £20 per week. In those days cricket wasn't a full-time…

— Jonathan Agnew

I don't play for money. I play for glory and winning championships.

— Dimitar Berbatov

We got £25 a week in the early Sixties when we were first with Brian Epstein, when we played the clubs.

— George Harrison

I played a little pro football, didn't make much money.

— John Layfield

I was running sub-13 minutes for 5,000 when I was still coached by Alan Storey, and I won double gold at the Europeans in 2010.

— Mo Farah

I was on a competitive 'Halo' team, and we would enter tournaments for money.

— Gordon Hayward