Jerry Rice Quotes

I love football, and I love to play, and I want to play until I physically can't - whatever age that is.

I want to play football out on the pitch. I am not different to anyone else and the ambition never changes.

Soccer is what I grew up doing - it's my passion, and I'm way more comfortable on the field in my soccer cleats.

I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

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.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

I feel I play hard every time I step on the field.

I play hard for my ballclub. Whatever uniform I put on, I'm going to bleed and die.

I just love playing the game. I learned it from my father, and he taught me to play every play as hard as you can, whether it's a run or it's a pass. I'm not going to be able to play forever, so I might as well go all out when I am.

As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.

When I watch sport I like to see the likes of Wayne Rooney when they show a bit of passion. It shows they really care when they're playing for their club and their country.

When I play football, I try to win the game. That is part of me. That is who I am.

To some Softball is a game; to others it's Life.

You have got to love the game.

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line.

Football is what keeps me going, what makes me prosper, and what will keep me straight.

It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

I give everything I have every time I take the ball. With that, I also know that there will always be a risk of injury when playing this game that I love.

To be a footballer was just a dream, and I don't believe in dreams. I only deal in what is real. To be honest, I've never thought about what I could get out of football or where it would take me. I just wanted to play. I'm the same now.

I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.

Every game I've ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me, and I laid it all on the line.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.