To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

Do you have the heart to push yourself? If you don't, find a way to get it because talent will only get you so far. You've got to be hungry. You've got to have heart. That's just reality.

If you are passionate about something, that will enable you to be the best you can be.

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

Ive known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

Coaches give you too much information. Ive been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total Tomboy and athlete as a girl, but never having a lack of opportunity.

When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every so often, I live for that, I live for that challenge.

I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.

The harsh light above them caught her face, and Sean could see what she'd look like when she was much older - a handsome woman, scarred by wisdom she never asked for.

Taking the path with the least resistance does NOT mean take any opportunity that comes to you. Some opportunities are traps!

But the truth is, it's not the idea, it's never the idea, it's always what you do wit

Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I am what I do.

What shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

The thing I love about working with first-time directors is that it's always quite shocking how little difference there is between them and directors who've been directing all their lives.

Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money.

Twelve people die every day because there aren't enough kidneys.

It doesn't matter how long you forget, only how soon you remember!