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I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people, I'll do it.

Freddy Adu

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Freddy Adu
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: June 2
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Fredua Koranteng Adu
Whatever
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It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.
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It helps to have someone in the same boat as you... There's a lot of pressure, so it helps to have someone who's also young and famous and has a lot of pressure to succeed.
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I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player. (on signing for D.C. United)
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that.
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Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.
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All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.
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I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.
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Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.
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I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.
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I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they did. It's made me ready for life, for adulthood.
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When I'm out on the field, I'm not scared of anyone.
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That's the dream. Being on the U.S. National team and winning the World Cup. I'll take the win anyway I can get it.
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I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible.
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When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta be creative, you gotta let your talent take over.
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I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.
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My only real job is to play well and do my job on the field. If I do that, all the other stuff will take care of itself.
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If you're good enough, you're old enough.
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I do stuff that I don't even know I can do sometimes.
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It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.
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This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this.
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