167 Quotes by Landon Donovan

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.

I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.

As athletes, most of the time we deal with fans cussing at us, saying how much we suck.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.