124 Quotes by Clint Dempsey

It's where you're from - it's your roots - and that's why I like to get back to Nacogdoches in the offseason and hang out with my family. To me, it keeps me grounded and reminds me of how far I've come.

My parents worked very hard for everything that they got. Their parents worked hard. It's just something that is passed down to you, and whatever you want to accomplish, you have to work hard to get it, and that's always been that mentality that my family has, and I think that's something that was passed on to me.

If you're having sequences where you're keeping 20 passes or more, then you're only growing in confidence in the game.

I'll just say this one: on each my shinguards, I'll kiss them before I put them on, and I'll put the names of the people I've loved and lost to remind myself that life is short and to take advantage of the opportunity.

Maybe the law don't always handle things, but that doesn't mean things don't get handled.

When people ask me what club I supported growing up, I didn't really watch club soccer. The only channels I got had World Cups and the Copa America, so I gravitated toward the Latin American, South American style of game.

I'm grateful to Fulham for allowing me to come back on loan, where it all kind of started for me in Europe.

There were other clubs that I had options to go to, but Fulham has always kind of been like home to me.

The most important thing is making sure that we survive because Fulham deserves to be in the Premier League - it's a great club with a lot of history.