Quotes About Determination

I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.

I'm not trying to be dirty. I'm out there to play basketball and not fight. But if it comes to the situation, one thing, know this, I'm never going to back down from anybody.

For as long as I could remember, I've wanted to play basketball at the University of North Carolina. Funny thing is, there was a long period of time when I wasn't sure how much they wanted me.

I always felt like I needed to play basketball.

Even before I made my high school team, I'd say I want to be a NBA player, and people laughed at me with, 'Get out of here, you ain't going to be a NBA player. You don't even play basketball.'

I just play basketball. That's me: all I know is basketball.

I thought it was destiny that I was going to play basketball.

Obviously I'm an NBA player, I want to play basketball.

I just go out there and play basketball. I'll let everything else handle itself.

I never wanted to be a cheerleader; I wanted to play football.

I do play football no-holds-barred. Any edge I can get, I'll take. I'd grab a face mask only in a fit of anger. Uncontrolled anger is damn near insane.

Obviously, I'm a competitor. I think everybody knows that. Everybody knows what I'm about and how I play football.

In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football.

I always knew I would sing. I just didn't know if I would be successful or not. But I sang at school, I sang at parties, I sang at church. Everyone always asked me to sing. I'd be playing football with my friends, and my parents would ask me to sing for their guests. I was never very happy about that because I wanted to play football.

I'm going out there, and I'm going to play football how I know to play football.

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

People said I'm too big to play football.

You play football to go out there and win - that's the bottom line.

I was never big or fast, but I got to play football and box.

As long as I am feeling good I will play football. As long as I am feeling fit, strong and being affective on and off the pitch, I will play the game I love.

I had a coach when I was getting recruited say maybe you should play basketball at a Division III level, because you're not good enough to play football in college.

I decided at 10 I wanted to be in a band; everyone else wanted to play football.

If I can run, I'm not going to sit out any game. I'm here to play football, not to watch and collect a check.

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.