Motivation Quote by Brian McBride

McBride’s line reads like a pep talk, but it’s really an instruction manual for sustainable excellence. “Keep enjoying it” puts pleasure first, which is a quietly radical move in a sports culture that often worships grind, sacrifice, and pain-as-proof. He’s not denying discipline; he’s reframing it. Enjoyment becomes the engine that makes discipline possible over the long haul.

The second half - “and if you do that, then you are going to get better” - carries the athlete’s version of certainty: improvement isn’t magic, it’s a byproduct of staying engaged. The subtext is about the psychology of repetition. Skills don’t sharpen through one heroic moment; they sharpen through showing up, again and again, with enough curiosity to stay present. McBride is pointing to a feedback loop: enjoyment keeps you practicing, practice builds competence, competence feeds enjoyment. It’s simple, which is why it lands.

Context matters here. Coming from a player whose era straddled the U.S. men’s game growing from underdog status into something closer to a profession, the quote also reads as cultural advice. Early American soccer success wasn’t powered by massive infrastructures; it was powered by stubborn belief and love of the game. McBride’s intent feels aimed at younger players facing pressure, rankings, and constant evaluation. He’s telling them that the fastest path to getting “serious” might be refusing to treat the sport like a burden. Enjoyment isn’t a distraction from improvement; it’s the condition for it.