If you believe in something and have the strength not to give up, it can happen. I am the living proof it can be done.
Interpretation
Believing in your goals and persevering can lead to success.
This quote emphasizes the importance of belief and perseverance in achieving one's dreams. Samuel Eto'o, a successful football player, asserts that unwavering faith in one's goals coupled with the strength to persist, even against challenges, can lead to remarkable outcomes, illustrated by his own journey as evidence of this principle.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a motivational workshop to inspire attendees.
Why don't you think we should dream of an African team winning the World Cup for the first time? People never allow this thought to cross their minds, and it is shameful. When you try to even say it, people look at you as if you're joking, but they forget that dreaming is the first step to success.
In all things, you need a good organization. You can have the best player in the world; if you do not have the best team, you will not win.
Football is beautiful. Football is beautiful because whether you win, draw, or lose, you can go and shake your opponent's hand, whether they're white or black or red or blue.
My dream was to become a footballer, hope to become the best someday. And I worked for it. And I'll tell you that the work is the magic of success.
A child comes to see his father play, have fun, make people happy, and what does he see? He sees people booing his father for being black. They make monkey noises. They throw bananas at his teammates and all that.
There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.
Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot.
Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.
There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future.
If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.
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