Gonçalo Ramos, the 24-year-old striker for Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal, spoke to the radio program Cala-te Boca. He was asked about his relatively limited playing time at PSG. His response was very clear.
Ramos: “It’s not worth wasting my energy.”
“I play in a position where everything revolves around scoring goals, but my job is to focus on what I can control. I don’t control whether I play more or less, and it’s not worth wasting my energy and getting upset about it, because these are decisions that have to be respected. Everything is going well for me, and I don’t want to let anything else affect me, because that would only hurt me,” he said, as reported by Foot Mercato.
These are very clear statements; Ramos doesn’t want to exhaust himself or get frustrated over things he doesn’t really control. He respects the coach’s choices and simply does his best with the playing time he’s given. The striker wants to help the team; the rest doesn’t concern him. Even though he has a say in the competition. But it’s only with his performances that he can compete, not with words. We can only appreciate this admirable attitude, which is particularly noteworthy.
