Quotes About Achievement

It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL player if you call me a track and field athlete.

I've always wanted to create. I didn't ever want to just be a football player, so I'm just bringing all these childhood dreams together to try to accomplish the things I want to do before I die.

If I can be a better businessman than I am a football player, that would be pretty successful, because the bar is set pretty high.

But I look at Anquan Boldin the same. If you watch us, we're similar players. We're not the fastest, we're not the biggest, but we get it done. I think we're just football players.

If you finish the season as a champion and, on top of that, break some records - we would make history as a club and also us as football players.

At Porto, under Jose Mourinho, we won everything with a fantastic group of football players. Mourinho built that. He made us succeed, won everything. This has a big impact.

We have a lot of pride for Yulee, and with the football team we can help show that.

I played in the school football team, as a striker, and in year 7 and 8 I was one of the leading goalscorers.

When I dreamt of being a footballer I dreamt of being a forward, but I wasn't talented enough.

I was extremely competitive, so for me becoming a footballer was not necessarily because it was about being the best - it was about winning.

I've always dreamt of being a footballer. You only get one shot at a career like this, and I want to be the best professional I can. Anything I can do that means I can get the best out of my ability is what I'll try and do.

I've always wanted to be a top footballer since I was young.

I feel I have been very lucky. When you are growing up, you have dreams of being a footballer, perhaps even playing for the club you support, and I am living that dream.

As a footballer, if you work hard, then everything else falls into place.

I didn't think I was going to make it as a footballer.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or is a dream.

As a footballer, you always want to win.

Luck - it's key for every footballer's career. I have been incredibly lucky during my career and in my life.

When my career is over, I want to say to myself that I've done whatever I could to be the best footballer I could be.

I have always said you only get one shot in life as a footballer.

In my day, I wasn't the best footballer, but I was the best goalscorer for two or three years.

My dream was always to be a footballer and help my family.

When you're growing up and thinking about being a footballer, you want to make as many caps and play as many games as you can.