Sports Academy Quotes

There is a big emphasis at Liverpool to have an academy that brings through young players.

Both Atletico and Real Madrid called my dad, but at that time, I wasn't doing too well at school, and they wouldn't let me go until my grades improved. They both called back, and since Atleti was closer to home, I joined their football academy. It was the start of a period where I stopped enjoying football - I lost the love for it.

For me, the youth academy has a fundamental role in every club.

I've always wanted to have some sort of academy or program that links education and basketball.

When I was 13, I told my dad I wanted to move to Florida to attend the IMG Academy. I wanted to be a golfer, and that's hard to do in New England where I could only practice half the year.

I was at the Gopichand Academy since I was 10.

I earlier used to stay in Virar, and I was coached by Santosh Pingulkar.

The quality of our academy system is very high, as good as anything in the world. Around the country, lots of people in youth development are keen to get together and find a solution to that 17-to-21 age bracket and how we get those players playing.

I want to settle down and start an academy in a rural area, because I feel that's where most champions come from. If you have everything in life, why would you wake up at 3:30 A.M. to train? I feel there's a lot of talent that goes untapped there, especially in women sports.

West Ham have a great academy.

A modern school where football is taught.

I wanted to start a proper academy and recruit juniors from all over Pakistan following my retirement after the World Open in 1993 but there was no support.

After I stop wrestling, my dream is to open a wrestling academy, train students and produce more Geetas and Babitas!

During the holidays, professional players would come and say hello to us in the academy and that really made you want to be a professional. When you saw what great conditions they lived in, it gave you even more desire.

I went to trials at Northants academy and got in. It was a crossroads between cricket and football.