If I've learned anything in my career, it's that nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. That's just the way it is.

It's not going to be easy. And nothing worthwhile is easy.

If you're quiet, and you don't speak out, you're never going to get anything accomplished.

Everything in my life - family, friends, even my fiance - are all second to soccer. And I've won every tournament where I haven't had anyone there. It just seems to work for me. I don't think I'm going to change that.

I have scored some big-time goals. I've done well in Algarve Cups. I've done well in World Cup and Olympic qualifiers, Olympics. In big games when we're playing top-five teams. But yet, you never see my face or my name out there. And it has frustrated me my entire career.

As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.