Do I feel pressure being a young player with high expectations? Nah.

Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal - to move it along for the next generation.

I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.

I used to focus more on scoring. Now I take a lot of pride and pleasure in helping someone else do well.

I love winning and any team I'm on, I expect to win.

Ten years ago, the level was nowhere near what it is today. (on soccer in the United States)

As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.

I sure am handsome. I cant lie. This is one handsome guy.

The second-highest honor is playing for your country, and the highest honor is wearing the armband for your country. It shows that the players have confidence in me, and that feels good.

I've got a lot to prove to a lot of people, including myself.

Skin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma.

But without painful experiences, we dont grow

Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save us from our weaknesses and give meaning to life.

I'm really a clean-cut kid.

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.

Teenagers are like bees at night, I think. We don't like waking up and we don't always get with the program immediately, but once we figure out our mission, we'll see it through.

This isn't a lie, actually. I don't care why Edward left. All I really want to know is why I wasn't enough to make him stay.

My motto has always been that anybody can do it better than me.

I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life.

Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.