Sporting Goals Quotes

When I left Liverpool, my aim was to get into the top six, and I was looking for a team that could get involved at that level. West Ham were brilliant at the time. They'd signed a lot of players, had a lot of money. But they've had problems since then.

I want to win something with Lazio, and I am not talking about just winning games.

As for my personal ambitions, I always loved playing for England and always felt I did well.

I realised my dream of playing for England when I first met Claire Taylor and then Charlotte Edwards at the age of 11. I didn't even know there was an England Women's team until then.

I prioritise different things at different times, so when a cricket tour is coming up, cricket takes priority. But then there are times when I need to focus on my studies. I think it's good to have a balance.

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

If my ambition in Tottenham is only to win the Carabao Cup or FA Cup, with all the respect for that, I think my ambition does not match the ambition of a club like Tottenham.

When I think back to what my dreams were as a kid, the only one I had was to play for England.

Obviously, as a young, young, hungry fighter, I'd like to be fighting three or four times a year.

I want to be a full-package skater.

I've had the same hunger, the same desire to win, since I started kicking a football when I was five years old.

West Ham is a massive club and I want to do well. I want to create the same sort of feeling I've had at every other club.

People tell me about my record in ICC events, but frankly speaking, the intent has always been the same.

I was a young boy from Western Australia with a dream to play professional football.

I'd always loved sports, and the Olympics were something I thought about often as a kid, but those dreams felt like a lifetime ago.

For me, I want to improve, to play good football in a good league; the money is not the most important thing.

It's always been a dream to play at a club like Spurs.

Looking at everything I've done in my career as a footballer, at all the titles, I believe that what's hugely important is motivation.