Athlete Quotes

I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be.

I'm an Internet junkie.

I'm a jock and I'm an athlete, and that's what I love to do.

I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be.

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.

I think the people who have really followed my career from the time I was seven years old can see my steady progress and see the type of person and athlete I am.

I did pretty well at the Sydney Olympics, but those were my first Games.

Everywhere we go, people recognize me.

But I don't believe in guilt by association.

We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

We got guys who can score. Everybody knows guys can score.

Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

The league, is doing well. It is just a matter of trying to sort some things out with my contract.

The league, I think, is doing well. It's growing, it's maturing, and it's becoming a better league.

That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.

Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them.

It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.

I've seen a lot of highs and a lot of lows with this team, and one thing I've learned is that even though you have lows, you're not going to have them forever, so you've got to keep fighting.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice.

I think the Commissioner is taking the steps necessary to give the game back to the players and the fans and hopefully take the league to the next level.

I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.

I like the guys on the team and the coaching here. I especially like the management. The Galaxy have been really good to me.