Willie Cauley-Stein Quotes

Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.

I live to be in these matches.

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

I don't believe that there's a footballer out there that only thinks about football.

I'm naturally fired up. I'm naturally excited to play each and every time I lace the shoes up.

For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.

I had a shoulder injury and the pandemic helped me take some time off to recover 100 percent, and the UFC took some time off, too.

Sports is my life, and I live for it.

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

I enjoy playing. I enjoy training. I enjoy thinking about it, I enjoy talking about it.

Sports is my passion.

Athletics is in my blood.

I was able to do Classics, the U.S. national championships and the Pan American Games and feel like I improved with each meet, but I was still struggling with a lot of residual pain from the two surgeries.

If I don't feel the same hunger as I once did then I definitely shouldn't box any more.

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

All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.

There were probably a few games I played where I should not have played, because of some nagging injuries or something. I used to always talk the managers into playing me, because I wanted to play so badly.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

The matches with the national team give me life.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

I'm a sportsman who has competition in my blood, and I am not interested in money.

Football was always my dream. I started playing at the age of five, and I'm still playing now.