Quotes by Freddy Adu

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.

— Freddy Adu

Life

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.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

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.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

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.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

What do I have to cheat for? I've always been playing against people older than me anyways. So what do I have to cheat for?

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I couldn't ask for a better life.

— Freddy Adu

Life

A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man.

— Freddy Adu

Life

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

When I'm out there on the field, I'm in a whole different world, you know? It's like, I'm just having so much fun.

— Freddy Adu

Life

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I don't want to be one of those guys where I go there and wait a long time before I become a starter.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.

— Freddy Adu

Truth

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world.

— Freddy Adu

Life

Nothing has been given to me.

— Freddy Adu

Wisdom

I don't know French at all. I took some lessons when I was younger but all I know are the numbers. I've been told basically everyone in Monaco speaks English because of it being a huge vacation spot so I'm excited about that. I might not need to learn French after all.

— Freddy Adu

Education

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.

— Freddy Adu

Success