Quotes About Perseverance

I played college basketball. When I first decided I was going to play football, there were a lot of people telling me that I wasn't going to make it.

Whenever you play football, you will always have something to prove.

I have made mistakes and just have to live with it, but at the end of the day, I just want to play football.

I play football, not to only enjoy it - and I love the challenge of playing and competing with the best players - but I want to have the chance to win games.

We enjoy playing matches; that's why we play football.

I looked into the rule book, and I never seen a rule of only two-handed players can play football.

My long-term aim has always been to play football at the highest level I possibly could for a big club. When that is in your mind, you don't give up; you constantly fight and battle to make that happen.

I wanted to play football and wear the Indian jersey, but there was no women's football team.

There is part of you as a female - no question - that feels like you have to be overprepared and outwork the men because people are automatically going to look at you and say, 'Well, you didn't play football,' or, 'You don't know what you're talking about,' because you are a female.

I don't want to be a star. I just want to play football.

As long as I'm helping the team, I just want to play football.

I love to play football. Why would I run away from playing football?

I look at the opportunity to play football as a blessing and I think what doesn't kill you certainly makes you stronger.

When you are 30 years old, you want to play football.

I just love to play football and enjoy it.

I just want to play football. I love the game. I love everything about it.

I've always been hungry to play football.

I'm just going to continue focusing on becoming a better football player, attacking the offseason with the mindset of getting stronger and doing everything that I can to show that when the time comes, I'm ready to play football.

Now that I know the dangers? Yes, I still would do it again. Why? 'Cause look at me. Look at my family. They're able to eat, they're able to have food and shelter over their head. Would I play football again? Yes.

My mentality is that I play football to win. You have to do everything you can to win. The most important thing is that you leave nothing out there on the pitch.

I just wanted to play football and didn't get the chance in Germany in my second season there.

It is important that I get to play football.

I like to play football.

I want to play football for 20 more years. And then coach for 45 years after that.