My day-to-day varies. I do some public speaking. I talk to school groups.

Every single person on the planet has equal humanity.

My Chicago is beautiful and diverse. It was able to give me all parts of the world all in one.

Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me.

I'm open to everything. Take me anywhere, show me everything.

Being able to connect with other humans is something I've done since I was little.

I don't think in a linear form.

The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative.

I want to create or be a platform for people who have been labelled as a victim. I'm not going to be their voice; that's their voice. I want to allow people to voice their life beyond labels.

I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you high, and it's so not fair to you and to everybody else.

In 2006, after 12 years being separated away from my family and then seven years knowing that they were dead and them thinking that we were dead, we reunited... in the most dramatic, American way possible. Live, on television.

From age six to 12, I lived in seven different countries, moving from one refugee camp to another, hoping we would be wanted.

I enjoyed playing everywhere, especially my mother's garden and my neighbor's. I loved my kindergarten. We sang songs; we played everywhere and ate lunch. I had a childhood that I would wish for anyone.

I'd rather be someone that's underrated than overrated.

I grew up and went from Nintendo to Super Nintendo to N64 to GameCube to Nintendo Wii to Xbox - I've always enjoyed playing games.

I loved playing with friends and talking trash over 'FIFA' and 'Mario Kart.' Then, in the early stages of my professional career, I got into 'Assassin's Creed' and 'The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.'

I like being able to look in the mirror and seeing a smile on my face.

My parents gave us all a chance to accomplish our goals,and I was blessed with that - I was lucky with that - and I learnt at a very young age that anything less than my best wasn't acceptable.

You've got to do what's best for you and what you want to accomplish in your career.

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.

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.

My parents were crazy. They just wanted to do everything they could for their kids.

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

It has always been my dream to make it as a pro.

I would like to thank all of the fans who have supported me throughout my career with the New England Revolution, Fulham, Tottenham, Seattle Sounders, and the U.S. Men's National Team. Y'all have always made me feel at home, and it is something that I will always remember.

There's no extra significance on beating a certain player. It's kind of like golf. You're just out there playing, and whatever ends up happening ends up happening.

I was a mama's boy.

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

The moments that matter most are with your family, your friends. They are the realest moments.

I played three seasons when I was in MLS before I went to Europe, and every year, I was able to be selected for the All-Star, which was an honor.

All-Star is something that's exciting for the fans: it's a way for the fans to see their favourite players all play at the same time.

You don't want to get too far ahead of yourself; you just want to take care of your body and make sure you're doing the right things to give yourself a chance to get through the season.

I think the more important thing for a player is to make sure that you're playing and you're playing well and playing consistently. If doesn't matter where you are.

You're seeing more players come back to MLS in their prime and the homegrown talent coming up that's of high quality. I think that game's always continuing to grow, and I'm happy to be part of that growth and come back to the league.

All you can do is put in work. That's what you can control, the effort that you put in, and that's what I'm doing.

We didn't have money put away in the bank for a college fund; soccer was our lottery ticket, our gamble.

You always want to play at the highest level possible and make the most of your career, and I felt like I did everything I could.

I see every year as a year where you've got to prove yourself.

Any point you can get is an important one.

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.

It's always kind of a weird thing when you come back from an injury, especially with your heart.

As I've become a professional, I just feel more pressure to produce, to score goals and get assists. I know I'm a good player, but it gives evidence of how good you are if you're able to look at how many passes you've made in a game or how many chances you create. It's in the books. It's become more about stats as I've become a professional.

In life, you're going to have things that are going to come up against you. You can either let it get to you, or you can make something happen.

That's all I'm programmed for: to keep pushing and to try to make the most of my career and my life, to take care of my family.

With the national team, you never know how long you've got, so you always have to be pushing and making the most of it.

At certain times during your career, at different ages, you feel better than others.

I've always put pressure on myself to perform well.

When you see that your kids are proud of you, that they're excited to wear your jersey and cheer you on, it doesn't get better.

You always have to stay motivated and try to make the most of where you're at.