Eric Reid Quotes

All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually wanted me to try out for the U.S. national team, but I decided to quit to pursue football.

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• A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

  

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• If there's one perk, it's being the quarterback of America's team and being able to make a difference off the field.

  

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• Throughout the day, I'm always thinking about 500, the team, and how we can do things harder/better/faster/stronger.

  

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• I love Courtney Lee. He's a very good player. I know that sounds very simple, but it's true. He does things well. He's a good defender, a great team defender, and he shoots the ball very well.

  

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• I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.

  

  Mark Zupan
  • World
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• There is no trophy for the team that sails the most.

  

  James Spithill
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• If I was to become an icon, then I'd be very happy. I'll need to score a lot of goals, and the team will need to pick up trophies, though.

  

  Anthony Martial
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• I have a good team around me. I have people I trust around me. If I go the wrong way, they will yell at me. Just as they have in the past.

  

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  • People
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• We can squabble between the siblings in Europe and not be very productive and then see China and the U.S. win over the European region. Or - and this is my preferred choice - we team up together and are the strong region that we want to be, using each others' strengths and building on our commonalities to become the smartest region in the world.

  

  Frans van Houten
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• My contribution to Rent the Runway as the CEO is higher than the contribution of someone on my warehouse team, but my pregnancy is not any more important than the pregnancy of any single person who works at my company.

  

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• My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.

  

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• When you're not at the top of your game and you feel like the other team is laughing and embarrassing you by doing certain things, it's time to retaliate.

  

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• I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.

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• I'm really hands-on. My team brings in elements, but, every season, it's kind of a personal struggle to find the balance and to see how far I want to push the elements.

  

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• Finn doesn't have as much respect for Han's legacy as everybody else does, and Han finds that a bit charming. They team up and go on a mission together. The banter is very choppy, and the dialogue is pretty funny. Chewie enjoys the banter and the friction between the two, but they definitely have each other's backs.

  

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• Never forget your sense of humour.

  

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• All three of us boys, we grew up playing soccer. It was all of our first love. One of my coaches actually wanted me to try out for the U.S. national team, but I decided to quit to pursue football.

  

  Eric Reid
  • Team
  • Boys
  • Soccer