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Quote by Mengistu Worku
“We used to play for the passion of the sport, not for the money that we get from it.”
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The speaker contrasts an earlier focus on the sport itself with the financial rewards it later brought. “Passion” refers to enjoying and caring about playing, while “the money” represents payment as a competing reason. The quote suggests that the purpose of playing changed from personal love of the sport toward financial gain.
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