Athletic Fulfillment Quotes

It's one of the reasons you play football, to make people happy.

It's an amazing feeling: tennis is growing very quickly in Canada, and to be a big part of it is an honour.

At the end of the day, my job is to play cricket, and till the time I am playing against any opposition, I am happy.

As badly as everybody feels like I'm a sellout for one thing or another, I guess, ultimately, when it came to wrestling, I just wanted to wrestle where I want to wrestle. And something had to be bigger and more important than the money, and for me, it was the time inside that ring.

You can't be happy, taking away something I've worked on all my life to do and help my teammates and help my defense, ... It's just part of me, playing the puck. So, definitely, you can't be happy.

I enjoyed every bit of my swimming career. I think that's the most important advice - to enjoy what you do

At 36 years old I can look back on a long and wonderful time in professional football, which I could never have dreamed of as a child.

I'm very lucky to live my life through a sport that I love. I'm in a very privileged position that my work is my hobby.

I've got a great life that I really enjoy. But there is something chewing at me inside: that adrenaline rush from football, I miss that.

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995.

I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.