When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who will host the show?' At some point, people just got used to it. Ira Glass adultamericanhost Change image and share on social
When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I still want to do all of those things. Ian Thorpe backolympicpool Change image and share on social
When I started this project, I was a young architect. I was very apprehensive about any changes to the design. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned that you can accept some changes to its form without compromising its intent. But it's a leap of faith that I didn't want to make initially - to put it mildly. Michael Arad acceptapprehensivearchitect share on social
When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you. Daniel Woodrell boreriskrun Change image and share on social
When I started to make music at the end of the '90s, I saw myself highly influenced by hip-hop and techno, but I wanted to apply these ideas to something from the local sound; something that had identity, that would say who we were and where we came from. Steven Sater 90sapplyend share on social
When I started to mention to people who know about such things, 'I'm doing this game, 'Portal 2', they got very excited, suddenly. More excited than anything I've ever done before, weirdly. Gamers are incredibly enthusiastic about the stuff they love. Stephen Merchant enthusiasticexcitegame share on social
When I started to pay income tax, I was 50 years old. Alejandro Jodorowsky incomepaystart Change image and share on social
When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance. Eberhard Weber baschancepick Change image and share on social
When I started to play, all the coaches said it didn't make sense for me to try to play tennis because I was too small. They said I would never make it. But this was something that motivated me. I really wanted to make it. Dominika Cibulkova coachmakemotivate share on social
When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed that it was only typically Swedish guys. Zlatan Ibrahimovic footballguynational Change image and share on social