The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.

I'm hearing in youth sports where you're not allowed to post scores of games online; everybody's gotta get a trophy. I mean, that's ridiculous. If you're a winner, you're a winner and you get a trophy. If you got second place, you don't get anything.

I don't get too upset or bent out of shape from things that go on on the field. But I think that you always want to try to keep it classy. You don't want to do any stupid fouls, and sometimes - sometimes the game gets to you; people react differently.

I think that I'm just on such a mission with my career that you don't really get to stop and think about your jersey number too often.

I kind of play like a guy. I don't hold grudges. I don't get dramatic with things. If somebody slide tackles me in training and we leave the field, I'm still talking to them. I think that there's very few of us out there that can just take confrontation, and if you've got an issue with something, you can go to that person and say it.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.

The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.