Freddy Adu
I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference.Collection: Attitude
I don't know French at all. I took some lessons when I was younger but all I know are the numbers. I've been told basically everyone in Monaco speaks English because of it being a huge vacation spot so I'm excited about that. I might not need to learn French after all.
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.
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.
I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.
I couldn't ask for a better life.
You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.
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.
I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.
Nothing has been given to me.
Obviously, I'm at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I'm 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you're a prospect. And that's what I am right now in Europe. I'm a prospect. I'm not a seasoned veteran.
When I'm out there on the field, I'm in a whole different world, you know? It's like, I'm just having so much fun.
My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.
What do I have to cheat for? I've always been playing against people older than me anyways. So what do I have to cheat for?
I wanted to get us a place of our own with a little bit more space. The kitchen is just huge, because my mom... lives there, man, and she loves being in the kitchen.
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.
A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.
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.
I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.
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.
I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.
It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world.
I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.
I don't want to be one of those guys where I go there and wait a long time before I become a starter.
When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.
You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.
I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man.
It doesn't matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are.Collection: Smart
It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.Collection: Player
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.Collection: Usa
I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.Collection: Done
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.Collection: Important
It's awesome where I am right now. It's a lot of people's dream. I'm going to take full advantage of it.Collection: Dream
This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this.Collection: Thinking
I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible.Collection: Feet
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.Collection: Jobs
If you're good enough, you're old enough.Collection: Good Enough
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.Collection: Soccer
Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.Collection: Names
There are some casual fans who think you're going to dominate a game, be magic, score 10 goals. Even if you dominate a game, you'll only score two or three goals.Collection: Thinking
A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete.Collection: Player
I'm just trying to do whatever is asked of me. I've been thrown into many different positions. Sometimes I'm on the left. Sometimes I'm in the middle. Sometimes I'm up top. So you always have to be prepared. I'm learning a lot so hopefully I can keep getting better and better.Collection: Usa
I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people, I'll do it.Collection: Sports
I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.Collection: Player
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.Collection: Crazy
I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.Collection: Long
Sometimes I even amaze myself, and sometimes I do things that make me want to punch myself in the face.Collection: Want
That's the dream. Being on the U.S. National team and winning the World Cup. I'll take the win anyway I can get it.Collection: Dream