Landon Donovan

myself, but also my daughter as a reference, there are moments where I try and be her voice of reason. And she's like, well, dad, I want to go to this. She sacrifices everything, my daughter. And so when she says, I want to go to this dance or I want to go to a Megan Maroney concert, I say, well, go. Yeah. But I might miss a training. We'll go.

myself, but also my daughter as a reference, there are moments where I try and be her voice of reason. And she's like, well, dad, I want to go to this. She sacrifices everything, my daughter. And so when she says, I want to go to this dance or I want to go to a Megan Maroney concert, I say, well, go. Yeah. But I might miss a training. We'll go.

myself, but also my daughter as a reference, there are moments where I try and be her voice of reason. And she's like, well, dad, I want to go to this. She sacrifices everything, my daughter. And so when she says, I want to go to this dance or I want to go to a Megan Maroney concert, I say, well, go. Yeah. But I might miss a training. We'll go.

You still have to be a young, you have to be a teenager. Like, so, so it's important for the parents and the coaches to help balance that. But ultimately, um, The road to being a professional athlete is really difficult and filled with pressure.

You still have to be a young, you have to be a teenager. Like, so, so it's important for the parents and the coaches to help balance that. But ultimately, um, The road to being a professional athlete is really difficult and filled with pressure.

You still have to be a young, you have to be a teenager. Like, so, so it's important for the parents and the coaches to help balance that. But ultimately, um, The road to being a professional athlete is really difficult and filled with pressure.

You know what? It's interesting, Landon. I wasn't going to riff on this, but it's a huge part of it. I didn't have it. You didn't have it, right? And so when you played a bad game as an 18-year-old, and I had a few of those, my coach would tell me what he thought of me, maybe the fans. But that was it. That was it.

You know what? It's interesting, Landon. I wasn't going to riff on this, but it's a huge part of it. I didn't have it. You didn't have it, right? And so when you played a bad game as an 18-year-old, and I had a few of those, my coach would tell me what he thought of me, maybe the fans. But that was it. That was it.

You know what? It's interesting, Landon. I wasn't going to riff on this, but it's a huge part of it. I didn't have it. You didn't have it, right? And so when you played a bad game as an 18-year-old, and I had a few of those, my coach would tell me what he thought of me, maybe the fans. But that was it. That was it.

I didn't, it wasn't like I could, I got on the team bus and I was littered with outside noise and people telling me how terrible I was, right? And so you have to be able, that's not going away. So you have to try and help them manage that.

I didn't, it wasn't like I could, I got on the team bus and I was littered with outside noise and people telling me how terrible I was, right? And so you have to be able, that's not going away. So you have to try and help them manage that.

I didn't, it wasn't like I could, I got on the team bus and I was littered with outside noise and people telling me how terrible I was, right? And so you have to be able, that's not going away. So you have to try and help them manage that.

Oh, God. Oh, God. When people do this.

Oh, God. Oh, God. When people do this.

Oh, God. Oh, God. When people do this.

It was lucky, man. Okay.

It was lucky, man. Okay.

It was lucky, man. Okay.

Javier, I feel like we're friends. I want to call you Javi. So Javi, listen, don't go back and watch the games, as Landon suggested. You're just completely and utterly wrong. So we're not going to have that conversation for a team, any team, US, England, Spain, to get to a World Cup quarterfinal. You can't be lucky. It's impossible. It's impossible to be lucky.

Javier, I feel like we're friends. I want to call you Javi. So Javi, listen, don't go back and watch the games, as Landon suggested. You're just completely and utterly wrong. So we're not going to have that conversation for a team, any team, US, England, Spain, to get to a World Cup quarterfinal. You can't be lucky. It's impossible. It's impossible to be lucky.