The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

Never assume greatness is for someone else. Imagine every day that you too can do great things. Have the courage to take the challenge, make the mistakes, and move forward.

To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.

I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.

Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself.

So I'm still doing my best to stay in shape and hope that opportunity will come back to me.

I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it.

I love soccer; I want to be on the field.

How disorienting and isolating immortality must be, and how strong he must be to weather it.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

There are like to be short graces where the devil plays host.

How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!

[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.

Never put lettering in your photos unless you want it read.

Surely the Department of Defense can and needs to do a better job of training new and existing first responders to respond to sexual assaults occurring in the military.

We all want to thank Emmitt for allowing us to enjoy every yard.

I'd love to go on a safari - [I've] never been on a safari.

Memory overshadows the present and dims the future "into something thicker than its usual pea soup."