Christen Press Quotes

I kind of had to convince myself when I was playing for the Washington Freedom that this was the highest level that I'm going to reach. 'I'm going to be a professional player, and I'm going to try and be the best one I can be, but it's maybe just not in my cards to be an international player. I won't play in a World Cup.' That was hard for me.

I was in a fever to get out from behind the plate. Oh boy, I was terrible back there.

There are a lot of big players and a lot of big teams, but I don't know if I'll get the opportunity to play in the Premier League.

I think I have had my story with France. Unfortunately, it's not the story I would have liked. I would have liked to have played a World Cup; I would have liked to have done a lot more for the French national team.

It's not easy, especially for a German national team player who did great things in the past and maybe is struggling. That's why I think most of the German national team play abroad because if you don't play for Bayern Munich and you don't always win, it's difficult.

I wanted to prove myself on the pitch, but I didn't have many chances, so it put a lot more pressure on every single game that I played. I found myself in situations where I was so keen to show my qualities, but many times it worked against me and I was punished for being too eager.

Of course I have aspirations and ambitions to play for my country.

I would love to play in the Premier League; which player wouldn't? I am happy at AC Milan, but never say never.

I have no idea if anyone is watching me from the Brazil national team, but the best way to have a chance is to do well for Liverpool.

Don't you ever feel that - that you just need to get away? From everything? That it's all too much?

I stood up. It was all too much. I could not even meet my own expectations, and to be asked to deal with all theirs too was suffocating.

Going into my first Ryder Cup, my big fear was that I would contribute nothing to the team and that we'd lose.

Once you start going out putting expectation levels on yourself, you lose the concept of trying to win the game.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

A World Cup is always a bit of a watershed for teams, so there will be new faces and players given the chance to perform at a higher level.

I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.

You want to make every shot, but it's not going to happen like that.

It was my dream to have an opportunity to play in a big league like the English league.

I want to play in the Premier League, the Champions League, and I want to continue playing for England. If I'm going to do that, I have to play for my club and put in good performances for my club because there are other English midfielders who are doing that in the Premier League.

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

Even if you shoot 60, now you're aiming for 59. Golf is something you can never master.

You feel many things during a match. There are things that annoy you. During important games, I do not always touch the ball a lot.

That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.

It's hard in England. If I didn't score for three games, there was the chance someone would take my place or I would be loaned out.

Auditioning sucks!