Scottie Pippen Quotes

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

I'm getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just because I love to play the game of basketball like 24/7.

I just love sports: basketball, baseball, football. As a kid I did it all. But in my heart, I'm a football player. There's nothing like it. It's what I live for. Ever since I could walk, I've been drawn to it.

I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball.

I just want to continue to play football and be myself.

When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.

Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.

If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.

I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

I love Milwaukee, I love the fans, the city - it works hard, I work hard and I've always done that since the first day I decided to play basketball.

Cricket is my life and it has been since the age of five so the first opportunity I get, I'll be back playing for West Indies.

We all say we enjoy playing rugby, but most guys don't really show it - and some guys I don't think actually enjoy it. So every time I arrive in the morning, I've always got a smile on my face. Once I lose that enjoyment, I will stop playing.

I got the chance to play the sport that I love, which was football, successfully for 25 years. Life has been great for me.

I have to smile because we, as footballers, are really lucky to do the job we do. But this is not just a job for me. It's my passion.

For me, it's always fun. You're playing football and living out your dream.

I slowly began to develop an interest in the game. I owe my success to my family. Had it not been for my father and my brother, I would not have been so closely associated with cricket.

I've always appreciated basketball. I never tried to disrespect the game.

I always want to play and to win because football's my passion; it's my life. That's why, every time we win, I'm really happy.

From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms of making money from it; it was more about the social aspect of being with my friends and losing myself in the sport.

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.