Love of the Sport Quotes

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 have fun like a child in the street. When the day comes when I'm not enjoying it, I will leave football.

My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

No matter what people say outside of football, we don't work for money, we work for the love of the game and the money is something that follows.

You are on the road so much when on the main roster that you don't have time for anything else. But wrestling will always be a huge passion for me.

I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.

There's something about playing in junior and being with your buddies all the time and going through that run, it's hard not to fall in love with it.

I play for the love of football, not for the money.

Soccer runs in my blood.

I'm not obsessed by football.

Money is always a motivating factor, but money has never been my driving force. In my first fight, I paid the promoter in order for me to fight. I was in the hole 300 bucks for that. Money has always been a byproduct of me doing something I love.

He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.

We don't swim for the attention. We don't swim to be rock stars. There is something beautiful about being in an anonymous sport and being fairly anonymous. It enables you do something you love without any of the other effects.

As soon as football stops being fun, that's usually when guys stop playing.

I was born to play football. I may have been taught to play but everybody is born for something and I was born to play football.

At the end of the day, we love playing football, so that is the main thing. I am doing something that I really love to do. It is a job, but it is a hobby as well.

Skating isn't about the medals or the results. I love what I do. It's much more fun to win, but you cannot every time.

I love scoring - even in training.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

Someone who doesn't make the (Olympic) team might weep and collapse. In my day no one fell on the track and cried like a baby. We lost gracefully. And when someone won, he didn't act like he'd just become king of the world, either. Athletes in my day were simply humble in our victory. I believe we were more mature then...Maybe it's because the media puts so much pressure on athletes; maybe it's also the money. In my day we competed for the love of the sport...In my day we patted the guy who beat us on the back, wished him well, and that was it.

As long as I can compete with the 20-somethings out there... I have a burning passion to do what I do. Financially, I don't need to wrestle anymore. I do it because I enjoy it.

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

I do not just play for money.