Freddy Adu Quotes
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It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.
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It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.
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If they asked me, I would have to say no. I made up my mind to play for the United States some day and I'm sticking to it. (on playing for Ghana)
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I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.
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You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.
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I couldn't ask for a better life.
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I'm not worried. My time will come.
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that.
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I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.
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It doesn't matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are.
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Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.
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I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they did. It's made me ready for life, for adulthood.
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I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.
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Sometimes I even amaze myself, and sometimes I do things that make me want to punch myself in the face.
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I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player. (on signing for D.C. United)
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I would love to play for Real Madrid. And I want to win a World Cup for the U.S. so bad. When the women won it, everybody went crazy. I would love to be part of something like that.
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I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.
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It helps to have someone in the same boat as you... There's a lot of pressure, so it helps to have someone who's also young and famous and has a lot of pressure to succeed.
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Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.
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When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta be creative, you gotta let your talent take over.
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I do stuff that I don't even know I can do sometimes.
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I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible.
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All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.
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Nothing has been given to me.
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If you're good enough, you're old enough.
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My only real job is to play well and do my job on the field. If I do that, all the other stuff will take care of itself.
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A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete.
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I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.
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My image is very important to me. I want to bring a good face to my family. That's the way I've been raised.
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This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this.
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