Physical Maturity Quotes

I went through puberty late. I was a little, little, tiny kid. I was still growing in college.

That's your dream, to play professional baseball. When you get the opportunity like that, getting drafted - especially by Oakland, a California team, pretty close to home - it was tempting. At the time, I just didn't think I was ready or mature enough mentally or physically to start pro ball.

I've been a 90-year-old man since I was 12 years old.

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

I believe that, as an athlete, how you got to the age of 42 makes a big difference. I have learned about my body; I haven't gone off only talent until I was 42.

I think I was one of those kids that, at the age of 13, start filling out a little bit: I was the kid that had the chest, the arms, the calves, especially, with these big legs like an adult.

I was a million miles from being a Premier League player. You see some people, at 18 they are ready. At 21, I wasn't. Physically nowhere near.

Eleventh grade is when I grew into my body. My athleticism and speed took off.

If you're asking if my breasts are natural, yes, this is how I've looked since I was 13 years old.

After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.

I always knew that my best tennis was going to be in my late 20s.

The 'Tough Man' contests were for 21-year-olds, but I weighed 150 pounds at 13, so I got a fake ID card and entered. My dad and uncles had given me an edge, so having a boxing background made it easier because a lot of the older guys didn't know how to fight.

The older you get, the better you get to know you body.

I've always been a big guy - I was much larger and stronger than my peers when I was 13 years old.

Scottie's game changed with where he was at physically. He wasn't the same player at 21 as he was at 30. Both he and Michael aged gracefully in this league and that's the beauty of being a professional player. You continue to grow and continue to change your game, but you do it to be just as effective.

It's not like my body has changed since I've played in high school, beyond being more mature. It's not like my power has changed, either.

I won't watch that Amir fight from now until I fight Alvarez. I'm not a blown up 147 or a Miguel Cotto. I'm a big 154 lb., and I'm coming of age and coming to win.

I've been six feet tall since the sixth grade.

I've had sideburns since I was 16, but back then, a gust of wind would have blown them off.

I always think there's our age in ID terms but then there's our real age because for me the real age is not the age on your ID. That's just a date when you were born. The real age, the real ID is your body, your brain, your attitude.

Anything under size five isn't a woman. It's a boy with breasts.

I always looked really young. I matured pretty late.

There are always late bloomers [in sport], no matter size, although big men are more often late bloomers.

For me, my 50s was the decade when my tolerance for heels faded. I'm in good shape and, at 8 st. 3 lb., I'm still the same weight I was in my 30s, but as you get older, the weight of your body shifts somehow.

Physically, I have to get a lot better, ... I have to play these three setters and the points are going to go on and on. This is not something that is going to happen overnight. I am only 18 and this is going to take time. My body is still growing and I'm still adjusting to my own body.