Landon Donovan Quotes

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Landon Donovan

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 4, 1982

I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.

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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.

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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.

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There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.

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You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.

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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.

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Unfortunately, I think there's not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that there's cases of athletes having serious issues because of dehydration and even dying.

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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.

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My guess is that if David Beckham wants Ronaldo's jersey, he's going to get it.

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As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.

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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

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I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.

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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.

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I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world.

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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.

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I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.

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I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.

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That's a part that's always a challenge for athletes: trying to keep the passion alive while knowing it's still your job. There's no question that at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I'll be pretty burned out. And when that time comes, then I'll take a step back and take a look at it and see if I want to keep going.

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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.

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I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but I realised pretty quickly if I wasn't playing, nothing else mattered - I wasn't going to be happy.

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