Radamel Falcao Quotes

I've always dreamed of being a professional athlete.

I want to play as long as possible at the highest level.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.

This is no ordinary nine to five day job and I have a 24/7 in terms of my boxing and my career as a professional sportsman.

But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.

I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

My mum and dad are both sportspeople and know what's it all about. They know it's hard work, but they also know what it takes to become a professional athlete. I don't think - without their help, I wouldn't have got this far.

Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.

I wanted to be a pro athlete. I knew that.

I want to play until I'm 38.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.

My first goal was to become a professional footballer.

It was a dream to play the World Cup and I will play for sure in the future.

If I'd had my way, I would still have been playing NRL.

The NBA is 95% mental and 5% physical, so it's more in my favor now with me being older.

As for myself, in sport you have to question yourself every week and be ready in your head, and you have to be at 100% of determination if you want to keep going and win games; you cannot afford to be at 80% or 90%.

I knew I was going to be a sportsman.

It's not easy to be a footballer.