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.
You can’t do anything to help your team win when you don’t play.
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.
This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn’t think it would be like this.
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 doesn’t matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are.
If you’re good enough, you’re old enough.
It’s not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you’re 14.
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.
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.
I need to have the ball at my feet. That’s when I know anything is possible.
Nothing has been given to me.
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 play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.
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 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.