Quotes by Landon Donovan

“I dont know if we care about the result. At the end of the day it doesnt matter. Its not like were battling to get a 0-0 draw. Were going to go play and make the game fun.”

“Having Claudio and John makes it easy on me because they do all the work. I dont have to worry about getting the ball and moving it from side to side or finding people. They do that. I just get in front of the goal and try to score, so its going to be fun for me.”

“He makes everyone better, but hes especially good for me. Hes been our most consistent player. ... You always want him on the ball. Hes going to make things happen.”

“Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. Were in it for the bigger goal ? to move it along for the next generation.”

“They are jealous of us, the Mexican players, because weve got a life and they have nothing, ... Because of that they despise us. ... Who is going to win this game? The best team. And we know good and well who is the best team between the U.S. and Mexico. We know it well.”

“Weve had excuses for part of the year, but we dont have excuses now. This is a game we need to win, period.”

“Hes just a good soccer player, ... Hes been around for a long time. He knows where the ball should go, and he makes it happen. And I know that if I make a good run and get in the right position, hes going to find me.”

“(Its been) tiring, ... but two wins (in a short time frame) is always good. Hopefully we can make it three on Tuesday in Madrid ... Im not excited about the travel and trying to recover, but I think stepping out on the field there will be really cool.”

“We still need to get points and make sure that we at least finish third in the West. But it is a good game to put Wednesday behind us and hopefully move forward.”

“Obviously, we know them pretty well now and we are excited to play them at home. We have to be careful and not look ahead to (Wednesday).”

I got to say Hi to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.

I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.

Ive never met anybody who says they dont like the World Cup. If youre a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.

Unfortunately, I think theres not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that theres cases of athletes having serious issues because of dehydration and even dying.