Ross Barkley Quotes

I'm thinking bigger picture; I want a championship.

You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.

This is a business, and no one enters a race not to finish first. I wouldn't say I'm in it for the competition, but I'm certainly not just in it to coast along. I want to be the best I possibly can be.

From the very beginning, I wanted to be the best, whether it was sports or poetry.

I gotta win. Winning is just not enough. I have to do my best.

There is nothing better than playing for the championship at any level of football.

I'm going to give all my will and all my guts to try to get the ball in the end zone.

I love to compete with the very best. That's why I feel great at FC Bayern.

In football it is impossible to win every match but we must do everything to show in every game that we have ambition.

If you're not ambitious, there's no point in playing football.

I played to have a chance to win and be around guys that have that same commitment.

Winning is why we play football.

That's the competitive nature in me. Just wanting to be the best and wanting to do everything I have to in order for this team to make it that far. You put pressure on your shoulders.

Everybody wants to be a scorer. Everybody can't be a scorer.

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

I think as a player there's a sense of urgency every single year that this is the year we're going to have success and do the things we're excited about.

I am only about winning and getting better.

I wanted to be the best in the world.

For me, I always try to make it to the final.

On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out there to win, what are you going out there for?

Ever since I was a child, I wanted to excel in everything.

Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.

I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.

For me, it's about the tennis and the trophies. I'm not motivated by money.