Ali Krieger Quotes

I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but you've got to work hard to do it.

For me, I pride myself on every aspect of the game.

On some occasions, it is every footballer's dream to play for the national team, but if you don't reach it, you always need to work harder to reach a higher level, a level you wouldn't reach if you didn't have this as a goal.

I always knew I could make it in baseball.

The target is to be competitive, enjoy our football, make a great team performance, and to show the face of Tottenham.

To be an Olympian - not many people can say that. But first of all, I've got to make the team, and I know a lot of hard work is going to go into it, so hopefully it pays off.

Who cares if you get last place. This is the Olympics. Making it is the hard part.

I wouldn't say it came easy, but I understood how to win and I determined how I could do it.

For me, football is a quest. Quests entail overcoming hardship, trials of adversity in the pursuit of true joy.

All my hard work is to win ballgames.

The secret? Hard work. And more hard work.

Being driven helps; if you look at any athlete or entertainer, they're all going to come to times where, if it's handed to you and it's easy, then it's not worth having, and it hasn't been easy.

For me, football is not about money - I want to win prizes.

That's football. It's like in any walk of life: you get some people who are going to try more than others.

I've never met a successful person in any walk of life - from Michael Dell to Peyton Manning to Barack Obama - that when you ask that person, 'Hey, how did you get here, and what was your road like?' They say, 'You know what? It was really easy. I slept in all the time, turned my papers in late, didn't pay attention to people and my surroundings.'

Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.

Anything worth having is worth working really, really hard for.

I'm a guy who struggled to get to where he is, and only through hard work and dedication have I been able to find my success.

The harder the race, the better.

What matters is that on the pitch we give the maximum to prove that money is not everything.

I'm a big believer in having to go through hard times to get to where you want to be. Nothing comes easy. You have to work.

From Day One, I've always had to work to find my way onto the court or onto the top position or whatever it may be.