Akhil Akkineni Quotes

Sports is my passion.

Cricket is my first love.

I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

Cricket is my life and it has been since the age of five so the first opportunity I get, I'll be back playing for West Indies.

To play week in, week out is all I care about.

I love to play football. And I think anybody that's ever been my teammate or I've been theirs understands how much I love that.

I train all week just to play for 90 minutes. I love playing games, and so during those 90 minutes, it's always 100 per cent.

Sports are in my soul. That's what drives me.

Sports is my life, and I live for it.

All I have ever known is football.

I've devoted my life to football.

I love playing cricket. I wake up every morning and I can't see myself doing anything else.

Cricket has given me everything. If I'm anything today, it is because of the game... where I have given blood, sweat, and tears.

Cricket is my passion; it is my first love. So I will not act in my movies, as they will just be a side business for me.

I take my life and put it on the football field, and I take the football field and put it in my life.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

Athletics is in my blood.

In football, I need full concentration even though I really enjoy it.

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark I'd be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that's why the veterans liked me.

I had sacrificed my entire life to play football.