Javier Zanetti Quotes

This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.

My old coach used to say that if you were in it for the match, if you were in it for the trophies, you were in it for the wrong reasons.

Football taught me how hard you had to work to achieve something.

If you're on the varsity team, the responsibilities are a lot bigger and there's more stress, but you also walk around feeling probably like you can hold your head high.

Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.

For me, I pride myself on every aspect of the game.

When you play well, when you perform, you have to show every game that you are that good.

I've always scored through the years, no matter who I've played for.

In order to win a championship, you've got to be consistent.

It isn't just about winning the championship and I don't think you should be defined by that.

Football is like a pyramid. It is easy to reach the top of the pyramid, but to stay there is the hardest part.

Any time your team has confidence in you, it's cool, but I don't go back. I haven't watched one Super Bowl that we've played in.

I hope I can show my talent in every game.

If you play football, you have to try to do the maximum, so I'm always doing the maximum for myself because, after my football career, I want to sit down and think I did something good.

Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.

Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way, you get better.

When I went up there it was with one goal was to win a championship. Obviously that didn't happen but I don't have one bad thing to say about my time in Boston.

Although I have never won a major trophy, I consider myself a winner because I helped Fiorentina to compete with the big boys.

Through hard work, passion and determination my teammates and I transformed TFC and made it one of the best clubs in MLS and in North America.

I always knew I could make it in baseball.

It's an honor and a blessing to be part of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'

The goal is to win a championship, but when you win and you play pretty well, and you start hearing 'All-Star' and 'Sixth Man.' That's really unbelievable.

I just want to play week in, week out.

At the end of the day, I just want to work hard for the team, and if I improve, I'm really satisfied.

After the love of my family, there's nothing more important to me than winning football games.