We live because of the dreams.

Taken at face value, Safin’s line suggests that aspiration is not an ornament to life but one of its sustaining forces. “Dreams” can be read broadly: personal goals, imagined futures, or the inner narratives that give hardship a direction. The phrasing implies a causal relationship—people endure, persist, and find meaning because they can project themselves beyond present limits. Coming from an elite athlete (as the attribution claims), it also resonates with the psychology of competition: long training cycles and repeated setbacks are bearable when anchored to a vivid vision of what might be achieved.