Lionel Messi, getting to meet him, you're a little star-struck in the beginning, of course. Christian Pulisic More Quotes by Christian Pulisic More Quotes From Christian Pulisic I should have scored no problem, thats on me. Just wasnt my day, I guess. Christian Pulisic sports I always had a soccer ball with me. I could never stop. As young as I can remember, my dad was always throwing a soccer ball at me. Christian Pulisic nevermedadremember I set my own personal goals; I'm not playing to satisfy fans. Christian Pulisic goalsownmy-ownfans I just try to do the best I can for myself and the people around me. Christian Pulisic bestmyselfmepeople I'm not super outgoing, but I think the biggest thing I can do is lead by example. Christian Pulisic lead-by-exampleleadthinki-can A lot of people have asked me what's it like being an American player in Europe. 'Do you have to earn more respect because you're American?' But I don't think it's like that at all. I think if you're good, you're good. They don't care where you're from or anything like that. Christian Pulisic goodmeyourespect I put enough pressure on myself. Christian Pulisic putmyselfenoughpressure The expectations some Americans put on me is too much, is what I would say. But I don't take it that way. I know no one means harm to me like that or wanting to put too much pressure on me. Christian Pulisic mepressureexpectationsway Luckily, I've just had a lot of people around me that have helped me through it because I wouldn't even be close to where I am if I didn't have the support system I do. I wouldn't be able to do it on my own. Christian Pulisic i-ammesupportpeople The pressure I give myself from within is what drives me. Christian Pulisic givemyselfmepressure It really does frustrate me when I watch MLS, and I see our best U-17 players - who, again, are so talented and so capable - being rostered... but then not being put on the field much to actually play. I watch that, and I just think about how I was given a chance... a real chance... and it changed my life. Christian Pulisic my-lifebestmelife Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing. Christian Pulisic highamazingteamplay I think it's good to have competition. Christian Pulisic i-thinkgoodthinkcompetition I think it's normal to have competition once you get to the professional level. Christian Pulisic professionalthinkyoucompetition LeBron James has always been the biggest one - I just love to watch him. I'm a big fan, and he's a big inspiration of mine. Christian Pulisic bigalwaysinspirationlove It's definitely one of my biggest passions - I played every day after school with all my friends from high school in Pennsylvania. They weren't really soccer players, so we would play basketball all the time. Christian Pulisic dayfriendstimeschool I played one year of competitive basketball, actually. I don't remember what grade I was in, maybe middle school or something. I was the point guard - I was the smallest one always. I did my best; I thought I did pretty good. I was always a little bit better at soccer, so I had to make the decision. Christian Pulisic bestgooddecisionschool I can jump high; I can dunk - nobody really believes that I can. Christian Pulisic jumphighnobodyi-can Just knowing that people are going to the game or something with your jersey on and supporting you is really exciting and was a dream of mine. Every time I see it at Dortmund, at games, it's still exciting and gets you really excited to play. Christian Pulisic gameyoutimepeople I've already played against some of my biggest idols. Christian Pulisic againstplayedsomeidols
