Tristan Thompson Quotes

I feel very honored to have been asked to sign for Rovers, and being able to help both the club and the amazing charity Bluebell Wood is what it's all about.

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved? Once you do get involved, you realize the team draws so much from the community, and it would be nothing without the support of it. You've got to give back. It needs to be a two-way street.

Without the community, as pro athletes, we're nothing, so I feel it's important to give back and definitely connect with supporters the fans and the people that help us earn our living.

At the end of the day, we play for the community. They come out there and parents spend their hard-working money to come support us and fill the stadium, so it's only right to give back.

I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

That's why you play the game. You play the game for your teammates, who really want to play with and for you.

Even more than results, it matters that the players give everything for their shirt, and if they do that whether they're relegated or not, the fans are ready to applaud.

Whenever I get a chance, I want to do well for the other players, the staff, and, of course, the fans.

As players, the only thing we can do is give everything on the pitch, and that's what the fans do for us as well.

I hope the fans know that, that I always give 100 percent for the team, for the club.

I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.

The NFL Legends Community is the epitome of service. This isn't about promoting you anymore. It's about promoting something bigger than you.

One of the things I'm most proud of in Atlanta is that I had a great relationship with our fans and I think they knew what I was all about. They respected me, showed me nothing but love.

It was a privilege to enjoy the national team and be part of a group that gave so much to our country, wear the shirt with great people.

Of course, not everyone's going to get on but when you crossed that white line it didn't matter. For those 90 minutes it didn't matter what else was going on, we'd do anything to win.

I'm committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.

My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms.

I love the atmosphere football brings; I love being around my teammates; I love the struggle in football. I love the fact that it is a part of my life. I don't look at it as any more important or less important as any other part of my life.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need.