Best 34 quotes of Freddy Adu on MyQuotes

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.

A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete.

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 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.

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)

If you're good enough, you're old enough.

I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.

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.

I'm not worried. My time will come.

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)

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.

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.

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible.

I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.

It doesn't matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are.

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.

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.

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.

It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.

I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.

Sometimes I feel like my childhood has been taken away from me just a tiny bit. But if you want to achieve your goals, you have to sacrifice some things.

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.

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.

This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this.

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.

You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.

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.