I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

Experience means you did a lot of things wrong.

No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.

Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.