Patrick Soon-Shiong Quotes

When I'm out there on the field, I'm in a whole different world, you know? It's like, I'm just having so much fun.

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.

I am and will always be a Laker for life.

I just enjoy going to the games, but if you're watching the Lakers play, it feels good to be rooting for the Lakers. You're on the winning end of things most of the time.

I play to be happy in the first place and then to help my colleagues and my team the best way I can, with the best football.

I am going to be happy regardless where I am at as long as I am playing basketball with some guys that have the same common goal that I have, and that is to win.

Seeing my teammates score, I love that. It is what I like about football.

As long as I am on the field, I am happy.

Every time I get to lace up my shoes, I am happy. Every time I see my jersey and I get to put it on, I feel like a kid in the candy store. Every time I get the chance to play, I am going to play.

Playing with Neymar gives me happiness and confidence.

Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

I really do not think about 'Oh, right now I have to defend those points and this title.' I just really want to enjoy playing on the court, in front of the fans.

I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

So much depends on the performance, and here you are also tied up in the emotion the game evokes.

Individual statistics, plate time and everything tend to come, but the most enjoyment I get out of baseball is actually winning.

I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in the NBA.

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.

For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

I'm proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it's a sign that it's time to leave. For now though, I'm happy here at the greatest club in the world.

I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt.