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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.

I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter.

I'm not in the business of politics.

If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.

I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.

I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me.

As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.

I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.

As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.

My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.

The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.

From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my own age group. So, she moved me over to play with the boys' travel soccer team when I was about 11 years old.