Some people admire the aspirational rock star figures whose biopics make it to TV, the people they watched as kids and made them want to play football for England. For some comics, it is often the Doug Stanhopes and the Joan Rivers.
I want to play football at a high level.
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.
From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it was always football.
None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.
Athletics, for me, was something I was pushed towards. I really wanted to play football when I was younger. Over the years, I started to enjoy it more and learn about it.
It's one of the reasons you play football, to make people happy.
I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.
Just go out there and play football. Don't make it bigger than it has to be.
Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.
Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.
My brother-in-law was a Tottenham fan. He introduced me to football and brought me to Tottenham. At the time I just wanted to play football so I would go anywhere to play.
The majority of the time I'm at home with my family, I play football three times a week.
I just want to play football.
I'm going out there, and I'm going to play football how I know to play football.
I don't think you need motivation to win a league or a trophy. It's every footballer's dream. It's why you play football. You enjoy and love the game, but you play to win and be the best.
My parents were great at making sure I got out of bed when I needed to play football on a Sunday morning and that I was ready after school to go to training on a Tuesday and Thursday. But it was never forced upon me or rammed down my throat. If it had been, I could have ended up hating sport.
I want to play in a cup final.
I hope that my team can show just how well we can play football and that we have the desire to win each individual match.
Everyone thinks if they have a problem, the first thing they want to do is play football and enjoy themselves.
If it amuses you to hit people, you do boxing - you do taekwondo - whatever you want. But you don't play football.
A lot of guys thought I'd bow down to them, but I wasn't like that. I was just trying to play football and do my thing.
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.
I play football, not to only enjoy it - and I love the challenge of playing and competing with the best players - but I want to have the chance to win games.
For me to be able to play football was a gift.
