What I love so much about being a part of Umbro and the partnership is they authentically let me be me.
I'm not a blender. I don't like people who blend into society.
I was always taught to keep things private.
When I'm training, and I'm in games, and challenges or things aren't going my way, I literally am so happy to go home to the family I'm creating.
I prepare for every game the same.
My path might not be the same as everyone else's, but I had to find a way. It's not by chance. It's not by coincidence. It's because I work hard for it... and I have to continue that to be successful.
I've failed a lot in my career.
I went to college in North Carolina, so something about being in the East Coast is home for me.
I expect to push my teammates as much as I can, and I expect them to do the same with me.
Every team I'm on, I expect to win.
I did learn that there's a bigger picture than just being the best at your sport.
I graduated college with a 3.5 GPA, when I came into college barely able to get in.
You kind of have to hit rock bottom to really rise to the top. That's just the way I feel about it.
It was important for me to have something to fall back on and not just rely on my athletics to get me through everything because, clearly, at any point, something could happen.
I just have to wake up every day and be content with the decisions I make.
Just because I give you a piece of me doesn't mean you get it all. There's very few people in my life who get it all, and that's sacred to me.
When we're at work, we're there to work.
Every time I get the ball, I have to kick it as hard and as far as I can.
How many times do you get to play in Portland in front of how many thousands of people? That's the kind of environment we want to be in.
We don't ever show up trying to throw games.
