Cobi Jones quotes

Cobi Jones is an American former professional soccer player, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in U.S. soccer history. As a midfielder, he played for both the LA Galaxy and the United States national team, earning a record number of international appearances. He later became a coach and ambassador for the sport, helping to popularize soccer in the United States. Here are 27 of his quotes:

The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than you think. It will end and you'll be saying, 'Wow, it's over already?' You have to remember to take it all in and enjoy it.

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I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details.

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Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.

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I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.

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After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention.

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Being out in the heat for two weeks can definitely drain your energy.

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The league, I think, is doing well. It's growing, it's maturing, and it's becoming a better league. (on Major League Soccer)

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As a player, I was fortunate to work with coaching and medical staffs that underscored the importance of utilizing injury prevention exercises, which contributed to my healthy and long playing career.

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You are going to have hostile crowds and the fans are going to find out where you are staying and keep you awake at night. They are going to use everything possible.

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You want to teach the next generation so they can learn a little bit faster and a little bit more so everything becomes that much better.

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I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

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I've seen a lot of highs and a lot of lows with this team, and one thing I've learned is that even though you have lows, you're not going to have them forever, so you've got to keep fighting. (on the Los Angeles Galaxy)

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That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.

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The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

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I am a kid from the '70s, when video games first started coming out, so I definitely have to say I am a video game junkie to this day.

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The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That's a bond that's pretty special.

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I don't like the same old thing all the time.

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I definitely do like change. I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I don't like the same old thing all the time.

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Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn't know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.

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This is something that's very special; people saying they watch me play who are now turning professional.

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I am both honored and blessed to have had such a wonderful career with the L.A. Galaxy and I am thankful for everything the club, the fans and the community has done for me and my family.

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We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.

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