Douglas Costa Quotes

After four seasons with Tottenham, where I had grown as much as possible, I needed new challenges for the sake of improving.

Basically... I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I'd like to leave the Bundesliga.

It was a difficult decision to leave Liverpool but I knew it was something I had to do to get playing regularly and improve.

I left Arsenal because I wanted to develop and learn as a player and get to experience a new club.

I mean, I learned a lot from Houston. And you know what? It made me who I am and there's really no animosity there. In a sense, they did me a favor by allowing me to leave and going to play on another team.

I was sad to leave Monaco, a club that gave me a lot of great moments, but in football, sometimes you need new challenges, and I thought it was time to move on.

When guys are trying to better themselves or their career, they go to a new team or a new coach. It happens every day in this sport. What's the big deal?

I did modelling for five years, then I felt I wanted to do something different and challenging.

When work starts feeling too comfortable, fire yourself; go get another job.

When I left Leipzig I was thinking about my next step, and I want to stand in front of a new team, new language, to get developed personally and in my view of football. That's why I made the decision to come to Southampton.

I enjoyed every moment with Tottenham. But in one moment, you feel you need to take a step forward, to go to a higher level.

I'm always really excited to try something new in my profession that I haven't done yet.

A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.

I'm just focused on exploring new opportunities.

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it.

Moving out to L.A. for me was a leap of faith. I was very secure in my dinner theater world; I loved it, and I was just like, 'I think there's something else out there for me and I just have to go for it.'

I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

When I was leaving NBC News to go to CNN, people would say, 'What?! Why would you possibly leave the 'Today Show' to go to cable?' If I would've listened to people, I would've been on a great platform, but I wouldn't have grown as a journalist. So far, most of the steps in my career have been really good.

I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

I don't ever want to get too comfortable in my career or life. My nature is such that I'm always looking for new challenges.

Merlin was five years of my life. I enjoyed every year, every day. I had a brilliant time on it. But I'd be lying if I didn't say I wanted to do more.

I am interested in what I earn; I am interested in my growth.