Donovan Quotes

What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

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.

A man who is more concerned with being a good man than being good at being a man makes a very well-behaved slave.

If I can't expect someone to be accountable off the floor, how can I expect them to guard a pick and roll? Or get a rebound?

I think that every single person should play sports.

Giving up is the ultimate tragedy.

If you don't feel you have something to prove every day, you'll never improve

Without action, words are just words. Without violence, laws are just words. Violence isn’t the only answer, but it is the final answer.

Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?

False Hustle = cheap fouls, lunging, reaching, etc.

Don't count your chickens before they egg.

You can do one of two things: You can humble yourself or life will humble you. I think it's a lot easier to find a way to humble yourself.

Come at me scrublord I'm ripped!

Sometimes men pick fights just for something to do-just to feel something like the threat of harm and the possibility of triumph.

There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man.

If you don't feel you're the best, then you shouldn't be doing your job. No one else cares if you don't care about yourself.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

Everything bad has... you know, has a good.

You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.

Men of ideas and men of action have much to learn from each other, and the truly great are men of both action and abstraction.

Del Taco: so much food, no much money

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

It must be scary to stand up for beliefs also held by Eric Holder.

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

Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

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.

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

Violence isn't the only answer, but it is the final answer.

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 don't eat vegetables. I only eat food like cheeseburgers, Spam, hot dogs and pizza.

Know why I smile so much out there? It's because I'm having so much fun.

Fashion is entertainment. That's why these top models are so fascinating to kids.

It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them.

As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more

We didn't have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?

The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.

He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel.

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job.

I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.

I feel I rise to the occasion when the pressure's on my shoulders.

I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

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

I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.

I don't know about the rest of the world, but I know in our region everyone is gunning to beat us. We have a new challenge.

Inspiration is a joke, real artists sit down and work

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