1.
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.
Freddy Adu
2.
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.
Freddy Adu
3.
I'm not worried. My time will come.
Freddy Adu
4.
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.
Freddy Adu
5.
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.
Freddy Adu
6.
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.
Freddy Adu
7.
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.
Freddy Adu
8.
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.
Freddy Adu
9.
A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.
Freddy Adu
10.
You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.
Freddy Adu
11.
I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.
Freddy Adu
12.
I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.
Freddy Adu
13.
I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.
Freddy Adu
14.
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)
Freddy Adu
15.
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)
Freddy Adu
16.
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.
Freddy Adu
17.
A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete.
Freddy Adu
18.
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.
Freddy Adu
19.
Sometimes I even amaze myself, and sometimes I do things that make me want to punch myself in the face.
Freddy Adu
20.
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.
Freddy Adu
21.
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.
Freddy Adu
22.
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.
Freddy Adu
23.
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.
Freddy Adu
24.
This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this.
Freddy Adu
25.
I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible.
Freddy Adu
26.
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.
Freddy Adu
27.
When I'm out on the field, I'm not scared of anyone.
Freddy Adu
28.
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.
Freddy Adu
29.
I do stuff that I don't even know I can do sometimes.
Freddy Adu
30.
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.
Freddy Adu
31.
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.
Freddy Adu
32.
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.
Freddy Adu
33.
It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.
Freddy Adu
34.
If you're good enough, you're old enough.
Freddy Adu
35.
It doesn't matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are.
Freddy Adu
36.
Nothing has been given to me.
Freddy Adu
37.
I couldn't ask for a better life.
Freddy Adu
38.
I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.
Freddy Adu
39.
I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.
Freddy Adu
40.
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.
Freddy Adu
41.
I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.
Freddy Adu
42.
Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.
Freddy Adu
43.
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.
Freddy Adu
