Angela Ruggiero Quotes

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics - 'passion.'

If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.

I have so much passion for the game.

I'm very driven, and I play with a lot of passion. So sometimes I'm a little too amped up because I love playing football and I'm very passionate about this game and playing for my teammates.

I've been fortunate enough to have football lead me all over the world... If there's one constant I've witnessed throughout the journey, it has to be passion.

If you saw me as a footballer, when I played, I always showed a great passion. You saw Antonio Conte during the game showing passion.

If I continue to work as a coach, it is because my passion and love for football, for the players, is still there.

Within the girl's game, you have to be motivated to be part of this sport.

What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.

My hockey comes first compared to everything else.

You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

I love football now. I have a club in Sarajevo, and I love that. The fans are fantastic. The people who run the club are incredible, honest people, and they really motivate me.

I'd give my life to be the national team coach.

The love and passion I had for the game was my key. I never had that taken out of me by my parents or a silly coach.

The Olympic Games are a national cause, and a national cause calls for a nationwide attitude.

One of the really important things about the Olympics is, to enjoy yourself, you have to accept that it's different and feed off the enthusiasm of everyone and the inspiration and hopefully that will elevate your performance.

Olympics for me is love, peace, united.

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.

Football is unconditional love.

I think television is a big commitment, so it has to be something that you're really excited about and something that you want to potentially commit a lot of time to.

For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.

I come to play everyday.

The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally to me, it represents striving to be the best in whatever we do, never giving up despite the odds, and a commitment to health and fitness.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.

There's no point in working if I'm not involved and interested.