Quotes About Passion

I was in my junior year of high school and I had been playing soccer and basketball almost my entire life, and I wanted a change of pace. I wanted to do something more, something different. That's when I found an MMA gym about 45 minutes from my house and fell in love with the idea of becoming a professional fighter.

People told me I was more of a soccer player, not a football player.

What am I going to do if I stop fighting? Study? Soccer?

I never even think of playing soccer.

I don't like the soccer industry and yes, I do like to play.

I was honestly more talented in soccer than in basketball. I don't think I'd have gone anywhere in soccer. But I think I was more talented in soccer.

I could have played soccer if I wanted.

I love soccer. That's my passion. That's what I make a living doing.

Soccer is the main sport in Mexico; it's very important for the Mexican people. It's their passion - it's their religion - and Mexican football was always one of the best in the world.

What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.

I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there.

For me, scoring goals is the most fun. That's why I love soccer so much.

My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.

Never been crazy enough about soccer to say, 'I'm a Madrid fan until death.'

I was a soccer player. Basketball wasn't my thing.

I was born close to soccer, and I've been living and working in soccer since I was small.

When I was younger, soccer was my life. I always wanted to play.

I wish I could say that I saw Barcelona playing on TV and fell in love with football instantly, but I'm from Colorado and Fox Soccer Channel was pretty expensive.

I spent my whole life as a soccer player and I've honed every skill, I continue to hone them, you can never be good enough.

I'm a big soccer fan. My favorite player is Ronaldo, but the real Ronaldo. The Ronaldo from Brazil.

When I was a kid, I mix watching soccer and the U.S. Open, that's it.

Argentina is a powerhouse in soccer.

I grew up in Rochester, New York, where we had the North American Soccer League. Rochester were at the time the worst team in the whole league, but week in week out I was there to support my team.

When I am working, I know this is my work so I can be focused for three hours, four hours, or whatever, and then outside I am a person like you or the children playing soccer in the street.