When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

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.

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.

What one thinks is right is not always the same as what others think is right

Live now, die later!

The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it.... You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.

I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard.

If you don't read much, you really don't know much. You're dangerous.

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness.

Hope is not a substitute for pain. Hope is in spite of pain.

I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.