Quotes from Freddy Adu

I don't want to be one of those guys where I go there and wait a long time before I become a starter.

I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man.

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.

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.

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

I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.

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

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

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.

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.

A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

I couldn't ask for a better life.

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

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.

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 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 just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference.

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.

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.