Landon Donovan

that and that's that's what fuels me that's why you know the players always say to me they're like you never look stressed they never and I'm like look stress happens but maybe my stress might be something different it might not be related to this job it might be because I couldn't get Harry to school this morning

stress happens but i don't want it to be the one thing i probably have created deliberate practice to be able to to do i've spent 25 years honing my craft to be able to do this job i have promised myself with plenty of meditation i will live it like that regardless of the outcome awesome

In every way.

I remember when I got fired in Chicago, I went to the zoo that day.

I was in Chicago and I remember feeling so embarrassed.

I didn't know it at the time.

I was just like, I feel embarrassed.

I felt ashamed.

I felt a failure.

I felt like I felt I was felt broken.

My confidence and everything felt destroyed.

And I remember going to Washington about 10 weeks later in a supporting capacity.

And I'd gone from being the worst coach in the world to feeling the most needed that quickly.

And I thought, and it was a reminder, God, things shift so quickly.

And I've got to have the resilience and be agile enough to be able to do those things.

And what I learned was,

from those moments, and I'm glad I had them, was when you build anything in life, be balanced, be thoughtful.

And can I make the starting point?

Listen, great, you can't win anything without good players, so I'm not going to sit here and suggest otherwise.

but great teams.