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I absolutely would not have liked playing in Spain or somewhere like that, so I was just gonna do it a year. Then I was gonna be done.

— Jeremy Lin

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.

— Xavi

If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.

— Joe Montana

I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.

— John Oliver

I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.

— Bo Derek

I was hell-bent on being a soccer player all through junior high and high school.

— James Snyder

The only way I'd have gone was if it would better my career, I would not have gone just for the money. The point was to go to a club that could win trophies.

— Teddy Sheringham

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

— Abby Wambach

If I had mastered the Spanish language to any extent, I might have gone in that direction.

— Leon Redbone

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.

— Lenny Kravitz

Like so many of the players, I started at La Masia at the age of 11. I can't ever imagine not playing for Barcelona, let alone not playing soccer for a career. I don't ever want to play anywhere else.

— Xavi