Kristaps Porzingis Quotes

Seventeen years is a long time to be playing this game. It's two careers for a lot of people.

It's all about playing. Your career's short enough as it is.

As long as I still love the game and I can contribute to a team, I'd love to keep playing.

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

I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.

You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That's because of the passion.

Everyone has their own traits but if you are being compared to players like Rio Ferdinand then you must be doing something well and hopefully I can keep that going.

Those who have achieved success in football have a degree of responsibility to be open and honest about our 'calling,' our passion.

All I want to do is play. I love the game. I want to show everyone what I can do.

Hopefully I can be one of the best midfielders in the world. That's what drives me on: to try and achieve that and to try and go on and win many things.

I just want to remain relevant and remain performing at a high level, which I think I do night in and night out. As long as I can do that and I enjoy doing what I'm doing, I'm going to keep on doing it.

I want to be a great player someday.

I'm proud of my career as a player.

All you can do when you are given a chance to play for England is to go out against whoever that opponent may be and do it very well. And if you do that, you get yourself in the forefront of the manager's mind.

I know one thing: A lot of people know I work hard on the pitch, and for me, that's the most important thing.

I have scored some goals, but that is not everything, is it? Football is more than that.

As a former player, I have a real appreciation for a guy like Aaron Rodgers and how much time he puts into his craft and how good he is doing it.

If someone plays six World Cups, they deserve to be congratulated.

If you want to say I was a disaster of a player, then say it. But give me another disaster of a player who played almost 500 games across 14 years.

Coaching is competitively addictive. It just gets in your blood, especially if you win.

To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.

I want to become a world-class player.

Coming in, I wanted to be a great player, and right now at the beginning of my career, I'm showing some slight sunshine that I can be the player I want.

I'm very happy with Bale. He loves playing for Real Madrid, and he's got a chance to show what a wonderful footballer he can be.