Quotes About Dedication

I understood I had to be good at school so I could play football in my free time. Usually, by the time I came home from school, I already had all my things ready for the next day, so I could put my bag on the side and go straight out to play football with my friends!

I love what I do, which is to play football.

We have to play football, not concentrate on other things.

We all play football to get money.

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

You can play football in Bayern, in Barcelona, in Manchester, in London, wherever. In the end, it's football, and you want to play with the best.

From the age of seven, I knew I wanted to play football - I didn't think about it in a professional sense in terms of making money from it; it was more about the social aspect of being with my friends and losing myself in the sport.

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 don't play football just for money or things like that.

There are lots of different ways to play football; I choose one in my career. I believe in that one.

I go along, play football, work as hard as I can, play as hard as I can, and then go home and spend time with my wife and kids.

I think people admire us for dedicating our lives to be professional athletes. But we need more people to come and watch club games; we need to encourage girls to play football from an early age.

It's kind of nice, and rewarding, to have been on the journey from having to play football and work to being a professional.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

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

For me, it's a pleasure to play football every three or four days.

We have to play football and not talk. We don't talk about politics, the personal opinions, and debates - you take them home. We only talk about football. That's what we are here for.

One of my favourite sportsmen was Diego Maradona and every time I saw him play football you could see the passion in the heart.

People have different passions, people have hobbies, people have lives outside their job, and nowadays it seems like the only thing we are allowed to do is train and play football.

I just loved the kind of people who play football. Definitely takes courage to play this game.

I just love to play football and enjoy it.

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

Well, I wanted to play football and I chased football for a little while.