Paul Pierce, Ryan Lochte Among Best Of Athletes’ Very First Tweets

Twitter turned 8 years old Thursday, and what better way to celebrate than with the first tweets of some high-profile athletes?

Twitter is allowing users to look back on their very first tweets. The catch is that many of these tweets are embarrassing, because nobody fully understood how Twitter would be used yet.

While some athletes’ first tweets were shameless self-promotion, others tweeted a description of what they had for lunch.

Check out some of the best first tweets from the professional athlete community below.

[tweet https://twitter.com/strombone1/statuses/116614887400153088 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/russwest44/statuses/1644043910 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/RyanLochte/statuses/1616766325 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/SHAQ/statuses/1011057020 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/ochocinco/statuses/1818809478 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/RealLamarOdom/statuses/1448296623 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/TigerWoods/statuses/2350763718 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/RajonRondo/statuses/15279328674 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/ddockett/statuses/1544692589 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/JaredAllen69/statuses/12247815389 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/Dustinpenner25/statuses/196482863942742016 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/statuses/42108167232045056 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/kobebryant/statuses/287245259572903937 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/tbrady14/statuses/167746762507956225 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/Revis24/statuses/2936456599 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/paulpierce34/statuses/1408153253 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/15Lasershow/statuses/303701509080760323 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/theRealDubi22/statuses/365504189956235266 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/davidortiz/statuses/1606522435 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/JLester31/statuses/53481532328910849 align=”center”]

[tweet https://twitter.com/JoseCanseco/statuses/1197243142 align=”center”%5D

[tweet https://twitter.com/Bmarch63/statuses/429398882817433600 align=”center”%5D

[tweet https://twitter.com/68INCOGNITO/statuses/190915326005870593 align=”center”%5D

[tweet https://twitter.com/lolojones/statuses/3294866864 align=”center”%5D

[tweet https://twitter.com/spikes51gator/statuses/3374696511 align=”center”%5D