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Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

For me, it's about the tennis and the trophies. I'm not motivated by money.

My life has changed, but I'm not money-motivated at all; that's the last thing on my mind. I just want to play football, and that's how I've always been.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

Money is not the motivating force. It's nice to have money, but I don't live high. What I enjoy is running the business.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

Money is not everything. My ambition was football itself, not the money I'd make from it. If that brings me and my family a more comfortable lifestyle, then that's fine. But I don't spend my time between games and training sessions thinking about figures.