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

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.

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

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.

Well i am just going to try!" she thought confidently!

The closer you got to someone, the more it would destroy you when they were inevitably gone.

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

Mine is the night, with all her stars.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.

Having children made me confront my true fears and trust in God many times over in a much more intensified manner.

Life is like a box of terrible analogies.

I find that being with other people dissipates my energy.

Baptism is faith in action.