Quotes About Determination

I was a street footballer.

When you are a footballer, you will not always play 90 minutes. Sometimes you are not happy, but this is not important for me.

There is something about a cup final that brings out a different quality in a footballer. Do they have the courage to win a one-off match?

My thoughts on Balotelli? He's the kind of player who infuriates me. I was not born a footballer like him. I achieved what I did because of all the hard work I put in. I had to make sacrifices.

It's impossible to imagine doing anything else because I always had in my head that I would be a footballer.

I am a professional footballer and as long as I'm able to make a contribution, I'll be doing all I can to stay at the top.

I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when my family would try to stop me playing football so that I went to school.

You know, I was going to be a footballer at one stage, but... nah.

I have always believed in myself. As a footballer, it is essential to have that belief.

I grew up desperate to be a professional footballer and I was willing to do anything to be one.

Not all things always go your way and you have to accept that. That's what you are going to get as a footballer.

As a footballer, I'm never satisfied with where I'm at.

If I had the choice I'd be a boxer or a footballer.

For a footballer, not playing is like a fish not being in the water.

Footballers are super-intelligent and there is only one football language: to win, to win, to win.

We all know that we Africans just win medals in middle and long distance, and walking in their footsteps makes me feel proud, you know.

I definitely get down on myself. I needed to work on my self-talk. The same way you do footwork drills and cardio training, I had to do self-talk training.

Even if I'm not a big guy, I have good footwork, I'm fast on the court, and I see the ball really early.

Ben Stokes, for example, is someone who plays better when he is a bit aggressive - and that's something you don't want to take away from him.

I will be O.K. without football. I want to fight for the people who won't be O.K.

Defeat is forbidden.

We have the force, the energy, and the determination, and we will not give in to fear.

I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.

If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it.