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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.

Freddy Adu

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Freddy Adu
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: June 2
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Fredua Koranteng Adu
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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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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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I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world.
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If you're good enough, you're old enough.
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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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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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When I'm out on the field, I'm not scared of anyone.
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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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Nothing has been given to me.
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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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It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.
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If they asked me, I would have to say no. I made up my mind to play for the United States some day and I'm sticking to it. (on playing for Ghana)
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I would love to play for Real Madrid. And I want to win a World Cup for the U.S. so bad. When the women won it, everybody went crazy. I would love to be part of something like that.
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I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry.
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I'm not worried. My time will come.
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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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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.
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Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.
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Sometimes I even amaze myself, and sometimes I do things that make me want to punch myself in the face.
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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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