I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5'10" and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback. Doug Flutie
I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at Pizza Hut or places like that, but sports, that was my way of giving back. Junior Seau
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. Ryan Lochte
I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college. Bo Jackson
I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003. David Cone
I was a quarterback in pee-wee football. I always wanted to be quarterback. They're the leaders, they make the calls. It didn't work out because I didn't have the arm. I also played wide receiver my senior year in high school. Junior Seau
I was an All-American in wrestling in high school, was National Champion in Chinese kickboxing in 1999 and have spent a lot of time around professional athletes, which includes my eight-plus years as CEO of a sports nutrition company. Tim Ferriss
I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another. Harry Mathews
I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'Tony Dorsett
I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school. Oscar Robertson
I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true. Jim Otto
I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too. Al Kaline
I went to four different proms in high school. I was addicted to the whole ballroom thing. Amanda Seyfried
I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish. Meg Cabot
I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people. Katey Sagal
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school. Dean Smith