Because I just like sports, I like athletics and I like competition.

In this line, Cannatella frames her motivation as intrinsic rather than strategic: she participates not primarily for money, fame, or rivalry, but because she genuinely enjoys the physical culture of sport—training, athletic performance, and the testing of oneself against others. The repetition (“I like… I like… I like…”) emphasizes straightforward enthusiasm and suggests an identity rooted in competition as a form of play and self-expression. Read in a reality‑TV context (where motives are often questioned), the quote functions as a defense of sincerity: she is asserting that her drive comes from enjoyment of the competitive arena itself, not from manufactured drama or external validation.