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" Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone. "
Landon Donovan
Men
Always
Better
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" The advantage doesn't come because you can run more than someone over 90 minutes. The advantage comes when, in the tenth minute, I'm sprinting back and making another guy chase me. By the end of the game, that guy's worn down, but I can still keep going at the same pace. "
Landon Donovan
Keep Going
Run
Game
" I remember - when I was little, I remember playing 'Tecmo Bowl,' and I would be so excited to be Bo Jackson in the game that I wanted to watch him play in real life. "
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" When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be. "
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People
" I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis. "
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Thought
Think
" Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts. "
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Know
React
Things
" I've always thought it would be interesting to give insight on soccer because I have a lot of experience in my career. "
Landon Donovan
Soccer
Interesting
Experience
" I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot. "
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Team
Walking
Positive
" I like teff, an Ethiopian grain. It's not so popular in the States yet, but it's really good, almost like a porridge. And I love sushi, but it's not always that healthy, so I don't keep it at home. "
Landon Donovan
Always
Sushi
Love
" Unfortunately, I think there's not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that there's cases of athletes having serious issues because of dehydration and even dying. "
Landon Donovan
Enough
Education
Think
" I talk periodically with the producers at EA and I try to be as honest as possible because as great as EA does, you just don't want to hear good things. These people are really passionate about making games and making them as realistic as possible. "
Landon Donovan
You
Good
Good Things
" I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports. "
Landon Donovan
World
You
Think
" I would probably say that being a commissioner in sports is one of the hardest jobs in the world. "
Landon Donovan
Hardest
World
Sports
" The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give. "
Landon Donovan
Food
Money
Opportunity
" I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star. "
Landon Donovan
Career
Star
Reach
" I have to be able to be honest and be credible, and I think I can say, 'This guy did not have his best game today' rather than, 'He is awful and I cannot believe he did that.' "
Landon Donovan
Think
Today
Believe
" I've always been active - outdoors, on the beach, playing - and so to go home and have to sit on my couch and relax... it's frustrating. Sometimes, you just have to really shut yourself down. "
Landon Donovan
Relax
Home
Yourself
" You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together. "
Landon Donovan
Together
Love
Working Together
" As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch. "
Landon Donovan
You
Think
Help
" When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly. "
Landon Donovan
Week
Time
Change
" I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up. "
Landon Donovan
Think
Time
Knowledge
" I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool. "
Landon Donovan
Thought
Got
Say
" I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world. "
Landon Donovan
Just Because
Soccer
World
" There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360. "
Landon Donovan
Games
Game
Soccer
" 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. "
Landon Donovan
Sports
Me
Game
" It's got to be harder in real life to win a World Cup. But depending on if you play World Class level on FIFA, it's going to be difficult to win in the video game, too. "
Landon Donovan
World
Game
Life
" You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward. "
Landon Donovan
Your
Forward
Go
" My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn. "
Landon Donovan
Stupid
Brother
Video Games
" I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role. "
Landon Donovan
Here
Want
Influence
" Fortunately for me, it's my most favorite drill, and that is finishing. However, from a young age, soccer players in this country are not taught how to properly finish, and I think you see that through the professional ranks, that we don't have that killer instinct of the forwards from other countries. "
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Me
Think
Soccer
" That's a part that's always a challenge for athletes: trying to keep the passion alive while knowing it's still your job. There's no question that at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I'll be pretty burned out. And when that time comes, then I'll take a step back and take a look at it and see if I want to keep going. "
Landon Donovan
Time
Keep Going
Passion