Jonny Wilkinson Quotes

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

I'll give my heart and soul whenever I step on that field and even when I'm on the sidelines. And at the end of the day, that's really all you can ask of someone.

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

I love the atmosphere football brings; I love being around my teammates; I love the struggle in football. I love the fact that it is a part of my life. I don't look at it as any more important or less important as any other part of my life.

Football is about winning; it's that simple. You have to love what you do. If you're here for the money, than you don't belong here.

You must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.

My baseball career was a long, long initiation into a single secret: At the heart of all things is love.

And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging the bat, fielding a ground ball. There's some dedication in it, some love you've got to put into this work.

I love this game. When I step on the court I'm going to compete. That's one of the reasons I work hard every day.

I play hard for my ballclub. Whatever uniform I put on, I'm going to bleed and die.

Football is something I would never give up on, whether I ended up playing professional or in a Sunday league team.

I consider myself a player who fights and gives everything on the pitch. Those who know me and appreciate those values understand what I say.

I give everything, 100%, every game - win, lose, or draw.

I'll do anything to get a place in the national team.

I don't care where I play, and wherever I do play, I'll play hard and give everything I got.

I want to play for England, I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I give it everything I can, not just for me but for my team-mates as well.

For me, I want to win the World Cup. If that's not the goal then I don't think you should be playing.

The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them.

I give everything I have every time I take the ball. With that, I also know that there will always be a risk of injury when playing this game that I love.

We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.