“You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.”

“The best decisions aren’t made with your mind, but with your instinct.”

“I have many years to get better and better, and that has to be my ambition. The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.”

“You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman.”

“You can overcome anything if and only if you love something enough.”

Cristiano Ronaldo

“If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.”

“Dreams are not what you see in your sleep, dreams are things which do not let you sleep.”

“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.”

“Your love makes me strong; your hate makes me unstoppable.”

“I don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.”

Mohamed Salah

“Always believe in your ability and in your goals. This is the only way you will be able to reach them.”

“Hard work, dedication and pure motivation makes you who you are and will become.”

“Every year. Every day. Every month, I am proving myself.”

“I think we need to change the way we treat women in our culture…it’s not optional.”

“Football is a team sport, and no individual can win games alone. It’s about teamwork and working together to achieve success.”

Pelé

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

“Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.”

“I have to trust something that gives me power; I have to believe in something, but in my career, I have a lot of moments I cannot explain with God.”

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”

“Everything on earth is a game. A passing thing. We all end up dead. We all end up the same, don’t we?”

Megan Rapinoe

“I was made exactly the way I was meant to be made in who I am and my personality and the way I was born.”

“We have learned that there are tremendous obstacles to change; we know that it takes bravery and courage and perseverance to stand up to them.”

“The more you stand up for others, the easier it is to stand up for yourself.”

“Putting yourself out there is hard, but it's so worth it. I don't think anyone who has ever spoken out, or stood up or had a brave moment, has regretted it. It's empowering and confidence-building and inspiring. Not only to other people, but to yourself.”

“We're gracious and we're humble, and we play the game a certain way, whether we win or lose.”

Ronaldinho

“No matter who you are it’s the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything.”

“God gives gifts to everyone. But that means nothing. Its what you make of them that counts.”

“It is not just about the money; it is about what you achieve on the pitch.”

“Out confidence comes from our preparation.”

“Football is about joy. Its about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.”

Alex Morgan

“Winning and losing isn't everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.”

"The way I've been brought up to is to take critiques and turn them into positives in my game."

“Somewhere in the world, someone is training when you are not. When you face her on the field, she will win.”

“Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.”

“There's really no secret to success. You make your own success.”