Quotes About Dedication

Having a family has helped a lot with my partner, my son. It helped me focus on soccer.

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

You always have to prove yourself. I always thought I had to go beyond things to get great grades. When I was applying for college, even though I knew I was going to play soccer, I always knew I had to do something above and beyond and not give anyone a reason not to overlook me.

I had to play for a soccer team, I had to be an athlete, I had to make straight As. I was very hard on myself, and it paid off now.

I did every sport and I played soccer in college.

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

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.

As a soccer player you want to perform, whether it's in front of 72,000 or even 1,000. You always want to be your best because you never know who's watching.

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 played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

I've been through everything in soccer.

A soccer star is on the field for two hours. In hockey, your star player is on the ice for 20 minutes.

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.

Well, Argentina has a big idols in soccer, in different sport. I'm just doing my job, trying to be an example for the kids, to teach them that you have to do effort to get your goals in your life.

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.

I guess you could call me a soccer dad.

I've been playing soccer since I was about nine-years-old.

I love soccer and I've always been a fan of players who stay with their teams for a long time.

When you're on the Olympic team at 15, you don't do anything else. There's no normal social development, and your decisions are made for you.

Social issues is something I've been a part of changing and pushing for. It's embedded and ingrained in my soul. It's not something that personally I try to plan. It just comes in the heat of the moment.

Nelson Mandela saw the potential of Africa and dedicated his life to changing the world in which we live while inspiring a movement towards social justice, peace and equal human rights.

My life is really quite conservative. I've been married nearly 50 years. I don't have hobbies or children. I don't much care to travel. I've never had a big social life. I really just stay home, except when I go to work.

For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun.