After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.

So I'm still doing my best to stay in shape and hope that opportunity will come back to me.

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.

I love soccer; I want to be on the field.

I think Id like to be able to heal peoples pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.