Adu Quotes & Sayings

It doesn't matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are. — Freddy Adu

It helps to have someone in the same boat as you ... There's a lot of pressure, so it helps to have someone who's also young and famous and has a lot of pressure to succeed. — Freddy Adu

I play a lot of Playstation, and always trying to look pretty for the girls. — Freddy Adu

I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity. — Sade Adu

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. — Freddy Adu

Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olympics. I was a decent player, but it's because of hard work, not because I was Freddy Adu. I wouldn't have a medal from the Olympics if I wasn't in a chair. I wouldn't have gone to the Olympics and experienced the whole atmosphere. — Mark Zupan

When I'm out there on the field, I'm in a whole different world, you know? It's like, I'm just having so much fun. — Freddy Adu

It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game. — Freddy Adu

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded. — Sade Adu

To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend. — Sade Adu

When I was young, people were almost identified solely by the kind of music they liked. People fell into categories of who liked what. — Sade Adu

I've never associated myself with other singers, certainly not female singers. — Sade Adu

Sometimes I even amaze myself, and sometimes I do things that make me want to punch myself in the face. — Freddy Adu

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person. — Freddy Adu

My only real job is to play well and do my job on the field. If I do that, all the other stuff will take care of itself. — Freddy Adu

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right. — Freddy Adu

I love writing songs. — Sade Adu

What do I have to cheat for? I've always been playing against people older than me anyways. So what do I have to cheat for? — Freddy Adu

What could equal the bliss? / The thrill of the first kiss / It'll blow right to you / It's never as good as the first time. — Sade Adu

I'm very young. This gives me a perfect opportunity to play for a good team and be close to home, to grow as a player.
(on signing for D.C. United) — Freddy Adu

I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, one of the more experienced guys, and I have to be more of a leader. The guys are looking up to me, asking me questions and looking at me to step up. — Freddy Adu

I need to have the ball at my feet. That's when I know anything is possible. — Freddy Adu

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people. — Sade Adu

It's one of the best leagues in Europe in football. Benfica in my opinion is one of the top 10 biggest clubs in the world. — Freddy Adu

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else. — Freddy Adu

I'm always late. — Sade Adu

I wanted to get us a place of our own with a little bit more space. The kitchen is just huge, because my mom ... lives there, man, and she loves being in the kitchen. — Freddy Adu

Nothing has been given to me. — Freddy Adu

I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight. — Freddy Adu

I'm not worried. My time will come. — Freddy Adu

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends. — Sade Adu

ADUNCITY (ADU'NCITY) n.s.[aduncitas, Lat.]Crookedness; flexure inwards; hookedness. There can be no question, but the aduncity of the pounces, and beaks of the hawks, is the cause of the great and habitual immorality of those animals.Arbuthnot and Pope'sMart. Scrib. — Samuel Johnson

He's confident. He knows what he's good at and he has people around him to help him.
(on Freddy Adu) — Landon Donovan

If you're good enough, you're old enough. — Freddy Adu

I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage. — Sade Adu

I look a lot like my father and his mother. — Sade Adu

A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them. — Freddy Adu

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience. — Sade Adu

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention. — Sade Adu

I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they did. It's made me ready for life, for adulthood. — Freddy Adu

I don't know French at all. I took some lessons when I was younger but all I know are the numbers. I've been told basically everyone in Monaco speaks English because of it being a huge vacation spot so I'm excited about that. I might not need to learn French after all. — Freddy Adu

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again. — Sade Adu

I feel the pressure but I embrace it. Whatever I have to do to make the sport catch on to other people, I'll do it. — Freddy Adu

I don't want to be one of those guys where I go there and wait a long time before I become a starter. — Freddy Adu

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good. — Sade Adu

I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing. — Sade Adu

I would love to play for Real Madrid. And I want to win a World Cup for the U.S. so bad. When the women won it, everybody went crazy. I would love to be part of something like that. — Freddy Adu

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks! — Sade Adu

I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing. — Sade Adu

That's the dream. Being on the U.S. National team and winning the World Cup. I'll take the win anyway I can get it. — Freddy Adu

When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta' be creative, you gotta' let your talent take over. — Freddy Adu

My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play. — Freddy Adu

ADULTERINE (ADU'LTERINE) n.s.[adulterine, Fr. adulterinus, Lat.]A child born of an adulteress:a term of canon law. — Samuel Johnson

I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug. — Sade Adu

If they asked me, I would have to say no. I made up my mind to play for the United States some day and I'm sticking to it.
(on playing for Ghana) — Freddy Adu

I mean, I couldn't ask for a better life, man. — Freddy Adu

When you get into the game you've got be thinking, when I get into the attacking third I'm gonna be freakin' creative. — Freddy Adu

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time. — Sade Adu

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down. — Sade Adu

Sometimes I feel like my childhood has been taken away from me just a tiny bit. But if you want to achieve your goals, you have to sacrifice some things. — Freddy Adu

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me. — Sade Adu

This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this. — Freddy Adu

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready. — Freddy Adu

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists. — Sade Adu

There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned. — Sade Adu

There are some casual fans who think you're going to dominate a game, be magic, score 10 goals. Even if you dominate a game, you'll only score two or three goals. — Freddy Adu

I'm just trying to do whatever is asked of me. I've been thrown into many different positions. Sometimes I'm on the left. Sometimes I'm in the middle. Sometimes I'm up top. So you always have to be prepared. I'm learning a lot so hopefully I can keep getting better and better. — Freddy Adu

When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out. — Sade Adu

I've got a long way to go. I'm not in a hurry. — Freddy Adu

Obviously, I'm at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I'm 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you're a prospect. And that's what I am right now in Europe. I'm a prospect. I'm not a seasoned veteran. — Freddy Adu

My image is very important to me. I want to bring a good face to my family. That's the way I've been raised. — Freddy Adu

His left foot is fantastic. It's like Mozart. God gave Freddy the gift to play soccer. If he is prepared mentally and physically, nobody will stop him.
(on Freddy Adu) — Pele

I couldn't ask for a better life. — Freddy Adu

I don't like looking outrageous. — Sade Adu

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways. — Sade Adu

When you tour, you regain the music and the connection with the audience. — Sade Adu

London was a really multi-racial city ... It's incredible how comfortable people are with race there. — Sade Adu

All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on. — Freddy Adu

I do stuff that I don't even know I can do sometimes. — Freddy Adu

I just want to go in with the right attitude and from Day 1 make a difference. — Freddy Adu

Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it? — Sade Adu

Your responsibility as an adult is accept your childhood and make your own choice of life. — Kathy Mckeon

I haven't done anything yet, but I want to be the best in the world. — Freddy Adu

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track. — Freddy Adu

I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person. — Sade Adu

My musical career was an accident. — Sade Adu

It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14. — Freddy Adu

A lot of players in Europe aren't as tall as the other guys, so they have to be stocky to physically compete. — Freddy Adu

My father was a very difficult man. — Sade Adu

I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition. — Sade Adu

You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play. — Freddy Adu

Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you. — Freddy Adu

I have no technical training and am completely uneducated in music. — Sade Adu

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing. — Sade Adu

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy. — Sade Adu

When I'm out on the field, I'm not scared of anyone. — Freddy Adu

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider. — Sade Adu

People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear. — Sade Adu

You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch ... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with. — Freddy Adu

I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time. — Sade Adu