Alex Morgan Quotes

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

I want to be the strongest player, the most intelligent player, and the most skilled player on the court at all times.

I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter.

I would say I'm more traditional than I am superstitious. I don't, for example, have to do things ritually before the game in order to feel comfortable going to the game. But I don't think I'm naturally a football player. I don't have that grit and that killer instinct.

I told somebody once, 'You don't want the Herschel that plays football... babysitting your child. When I am competing, I am a totally different person.'

Being named Michael Jordan - I think growing up playing sports and having a name like Michael Jordan - and I was extremely competitive - I used to get teased a lot. But it made me want to strive for greatness and be able to compete at whatever I decided to do.

Sometimes it's hard to get people to take me seriously as an actor when they just see me as this WWE muscle head.

I feel like I should be an NBA player.

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.

People who don't understand will try to label me as one or the other. I'm an athlete and a lot of people just have to come to terms with that. I do well in football, I do well in track. It is what it is.

I'm lanky and I've always been lanky, but I was a really good athlete. Everything I've ever done in sports, I've done at a high level. I had a passion for what I was doing, and I had to be the best at everything.

I have a lot of competitive juices, and I want to go out and compete on the football field every day.

There are some amazing women's football teams out there and it is good that they are being recognised. I was always terrible at football, so I am a little bit envious of their amazing skills.

Every season, I want to be the best I can to be Africa's best player. I will do the best I can.

All players want to play and this is a source of pride and satisfaction.

In high school I just loved to compete and play sports. I didn't have a sport that I was going to say, 'Hey, I'm going to play this at the next level.' Whatever my best opportunity was was what I was going to do.

I was a nerdy jock.

I wanted to be a soccer player.

I've just been competitive all my life. That draws from a competitive family. We're all athletes, and we're all trying to win no matter what it is, whether it's Scrabble or basketball.

I wanted to become a cricketer primarily because the idea of playing in front of 40,000 odd people gave me an adrenaline rush.

Paolo Guerrero is a good player - and Mladen Petric also. I think both are really good and even better than me.

As a competitor, as a guy that wants to play, of course, it would be great to go out and play.