Cobi Jones Quotes

I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them.

I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change.

You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

Being out in the heat for two weeks can definitely drain your energy.

I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day.

We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.

After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention.

Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.

The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than you think. It will end and you'll be saying, 'Wow, it's over already?' You have to remember to take it all in and enjoy it.

Traveling is not a hindrance for me; it's something I actually enjoy.

I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

It's difficult to compare coaches.

The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.

I turned 24 in the middle of my first World Cup and it was quite an unbelievable experience. It's really hard for words to do it justice.

Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

This is something that's very special; people saying they watch me play who are now turning professional.

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.

You are going to have hostile crowds and the fans are going to find out where you are staying and keep you awake at night. They are going to use everything possible.

That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

I don't like the same old thing all the time.