Freddy Adu Quotes

I'm maturing as a person and as a player.

I want to keep growing in every area.

I've been progressing as a player and as a person.

I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player.

I try to take what's given to me and then mold it to be a better football player.

I hope I become a better player day after day. This is one of my goals. I want to improve in every situation, but when you are playing along with top figures, it is a quality bonus and a bigger effort. Besides, the Spanish Liga also gives you the chance to progress and improve.

I feel that working now is the way for me to learn things, whether it's languages or another activity.

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did.

I feel like I have done a lot at United, I still have developed as a player and grown into myself, seen a lot of faces come and go.

I not only developed as a player in Germany but also as a person.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it. If this requires public speaking or networking or other activities that make you uncomfortable, do them anyway. But accept that they're difficult, get the training you need to make them easier, and reward yourself when you're done.

My bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

I don't think anything in my game has regressed in the last couple years. I think I've only gotten better. I keep wanting to assume more responsibility in all parts of the rink.

My goal, everyone's goal is to get better at what we do.

Build your skills, not your resume.

When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and sustain. Put the time in. Hear your mistakes. Yeah, it sucks, it's humbling, it makes you want to throw the guitar out the window. But if you work on your mistakes, they'll eventually go away, and you'll become a strong player.

My craft's been rising. I'm a student of the game and I'm still growing.

I think what I can do is to focus more on what I'm good at and see if I can improve on these positive qualities so that I can continue on the path I'm on now.

I got some skills I can build on; I can be an all-around player.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.

I think that growth happens and that learning happens in anybody's life regardless of what profession you're in.

I think once you stop learning, you're going to stop growing.

No one in the Indian team gave me tips, but I should be mature enough to grasp little things by watching them train and play.