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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

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.

Nothing has been given to me.