I didn't have to step up into a leadership role, ... I just had to be there and help out where I could. But this year I had to be more of the man. Landon Donovan More Quotes by Landon Donovan More Quotes From Landon Donovan You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together. Landon Donovan me you together love You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward. Landon Donovan your go you pressure My guess is that if David Beckham wants Ronaldo's jersey, he's going to get it. Landon Donovan guess going get he As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck. Landon Donovan saying how fans time As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch. Landon Donovan help think you chance I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up. Landon Donovan game think time knowledge I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool. Landon Donovan say thought cool mom I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world. Landon Donovan just-because different soccer world When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly. Landon Donovan you team change time I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star. Landon Donovan reach lose think desire I know conventional wisdom has always been to go to Europe, and I did that early on, and I tried it, but I realised pretty quickly if I wasn't playing, nothing else mattered - I wasn't going to be happy. Landon Donovan be-happy nothing wisdom happy A lot of times I watch sporting events, and there are things I want to say and things I see that don't get said or talked about. Landon Donovan say things see want I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.' Landon Donovan best game today believe
