Trevante Rhodes Quotes

I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.

I went to college at University of Tennessee.

I loved the college experience of studying.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

I went to college at QUT: Queensland University of Technology. I studied for a Bachelors in finance and acting.

I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors.

I got through college.

One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.

When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Julliard, and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia.

When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided I wanted to. Afterwards, I went to Cambridge to study law - in a way, I was carrying the academic hopes of my family, as Mum and Dad left school at 14.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.

I never even wanted to be an actress. I studied mass communication and wanted to study law in Newcastle, for which I even got a scholarship. But by then, I had started modelling. So, I took a year off to decide what to do. But once you are used to working, it's difficult to get back to studies.

If I was going to go to college, I had to have a scholarship. By my sophomore year, it was evident golf was not going to be the path.

I got into Temple University on a track scholarship.

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship.

I was the first in my family to go to college.

I came to Nashville to go to Belmont. I went to school to be a student.

I probably would have never made it through college without baseball, so I'm thankful for that. I really am proud that I got to play on that level.

I'm proud of doing well at school and if there'd been any money I would have gone to college.

My older brother played professionally in Europe. My other older brother went to UConn on scholarship, finished his education in political science, then he went on and played in Europe for years. My other brother played in Europe.