Quotes from Christian Pulisic

I'm going to continue to be the same attacking style that I've always been. I'm not going to change it because of how other teams are treating me.

I was always very small, so growing up, I was always getting kicked around. It was something I kind of grew up with.

Why is it that E.U. players are allowed to move country once they turn 16... but non-Europeans can only do so at 18? Why aren't we campaigning for a level playing field, where our best 16 year olds - who may not have an E.U. passport like I had - are free to move when they turn 16, like the best young players in Europe can?

It's been a big flaw of ours in the soccer department that a lot of our best athletes go and play other sports. But I think young players have seen me, and others, go over to Europe and play in some of the best leagues - and MLS is improving so much, too.

Tuchel always just trusted me and gave me a chance. Of course, he's given me tips and feedback with what he sees every day in training and stuff like that, small things.

I was very young, but I just remember going to school every day in England, which I didn't enjoy. Every day, as soon as the bell would ring, we would go out and be on this little - it looked like a basketball court, but it was a soccer court with goals and a hard floor.

It's definitely one of my biggest passions - I played every day after school with all my friends from high school in Pennsylvania. They weren't really soccer players, so we would play basketball all the time.

I think, with soccer, you never really know what's going to happen in your career - that's the beauty of it.

If I can inspire kids to do what I do - want to become professional soccer players - then I think that that's everything I want to do.

I think - I hope - that we're going to be able to build something here with U.S. Soccer, where it's not just going to be about one lost match or one lost cycle or one lost team. It's going to be about an entire country rallying around an entire sport in a way that lasts.

I played one year of competitive basketball, actually. I don't remember what grade I was in, maybe middle school or something. I was the point guard - I was the smallest one always. I did my best; I thought I did pretty good. I was always a little bit better at soccer, so I had to make the decision.

Lionel Messi, getting to meet him, you're a little star-struck in the beginning, of course.

The Premier League is an unbelievable league.

Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing.

It's been a dream of mine to play for the U.S. national team.

I don't put any extra pressure on myself for national team games.

I love playing with the national team. I love being here as much as I can.

I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.

In my hometown, people I didn't even know started to recognize me: 'Oh, you're that kid that's doing well over there in Europe and with the national team!'

I just try to show no fear when I go on the field every time.

I can jump high; I can dunk - nobody really believes that I can.

When it comes to cup competitions and the Champions League, it's always about going as far as we can. Getting out of the group stage is the first objective, then after that, we will see.

I always tried to bring confidence to the game.

I'm not super outgoing, but I think the biggest thing I can do is lead by example.