Quotes About Dedication

Stephen Ireland is one of the most talented players I have seen, and Nigel de Jong is doing really well. He fights for his team all over the pitch, and he has a lot of character.

To play in the white shirt of England is an honour, and you give your all every time you step on the pitch.

I try to do my best both on and off the pitch, giving a good image in my behaviour.

I will always fight and give my all on the pitch.

As players, we have to concentrate with what happens on the pitch, not off it.

I want to focus on football and just go on the pitch to do my thing.

I'm always motivated when I go out on the pitch.

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

There are times you need more than talent, and so you have to make sure you give your all and leave everything out there on the pitch.

I've had to make lots of sacrifices, particularly off the pitch.

Everton have put their faith in me, and I intend to honour this shirt and demonstrate on the pitch why I came here.

I was always, always running. I was running since I was small. And it is something I also learned from watching my father because he never gave up on the pitch and was looking to score the goal.

I like to be on the pitch, I like to perform and impact the game.

I want to be on the pitch, whether it is for someone else or for Leicester.

The best players, they're always the last ones off the pitch, always working on this, working on that, and they put that into games.

The more minutes you get on the pitch, the more you can prove yourself.

Every time I step on the pitch, I think about winning and putting on a performance that ensures my team comes out on top.

If I have got an injury, I have got an injury. Whenever I want to play for Nigeria, I must be 100 percent, I want to give everything. But if I have got an injury, I don't want to force myself, because I am going to look stupid on the pitch.

Not playing is frustrating; you want to play in every game. But it's the life of a keeper. You'd rather be on the pitch than off.

Everything you do off the pitch always shows so you have to work on yourself physically as well, it's not just working on your touch.

I work hard every week and when I come off the pitch after each game I like to think I've done everything possible to help my team.

What matters is that on the pitch we give the maximum to prove that money is not everything.

My business is to perform on the pitch, to put in performances and that is what I want to do.

Everyone thinks that footballers go on the pitch and they have so much money that they think about themselves. But I am not like that.