Ever since I've been able to walk, I've always had a ball at my feet.
I wasn't that excited about football when I was young, but it did become my passion.
When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.
Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.
He who doesn't love Messi knows nothing about football or about life.
In the end, for me, football is still a game. Even if you are a professional, you need to have fun when you are on the field. If you don't enjoy your job, you don't have fun.
There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.
I don't really care who I play for. I just want to play ball.
I'll play like crazy and fight like crazy, as a Los Angeles Charger, just like I did for you guys. And I know y'all can respect and understand that. But I hope you also know that I will always be playing for San Diego as well.
I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.
Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.
I don't play basketball for the money; it was the last thing I thought of when I was a little kid.
I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball.
I don't really look for the spotlight, I don't look for any of that stuff. I just want to play basketball.
What drives me as a player? I don't know. I wake up and get out of my bed and I show up to work. I don't know. I couldn't tell you what drives me. I love what I do. I've got the best job in the world, if you ask me.
From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms of making money from it; it was more about the social aspect of being with my friends and losing myself in the sport.
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'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.
I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football.
We love playing the game. That's why we're here. That's our job. We just want to come out and play every day.
I've always appreciated basketball. I never tried to disrespect the game.
I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.
I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game.
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?
