Passion for the Game Quotes

[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

I think it's a thing in France, and I think you see it a little bit in Spain with Atletico: the countries and the cities just absolutely love their football. It's not because they're just marketing geniuses; it's because they've made it simple.

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

I'm very attached to Real, more so than Barcelona.

I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.

I learned all about life with a ball at my feet

To some Softball is a game; to others it's Life.

What I will miss the most about Guardiola? His obsession with the game and his knowledge, which makes you a better football player.

Every time a player goes out to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be Number One in any business. But more important, you've got to play with you heart - with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

There is only one word to describe football and that is 'if only'.

We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.

I never want to quit playing ball. They'll have to cut this uniform off of me to get me out of it.

I never think about the numbers. I've never played tennis for the money, because as long as I enjoy it, and I can achieve anything, then the money will come. I know that things will start coming up, many more people will want to start getting involved. But I just want to keep my head cool, and I want to leave (business) to the people who take care of business. I just go out and I just play tennis.

I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to.

I've got a lot of affection for the people at River and I think it's mutual. The fans quickly understood that I came here hoping to play football.

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

In baseball, it doesn't matter if you're tall, skinny, fat, whatever. If you really have talent and you really love to play, I feel like you can make it.

Football is Freedom, a whole universe.

People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the game.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

If football covers all your emotions, that's too shallow for me.

I love the way the Cardiff fans get behind their team, which is why I do that clenched fist action at the end of games. They get really up for the match, I can hear them and I just help offer my own support in return.

I would rather have a player who showed a bit of heart out there than one who just accepted things.