“It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to pla...” — Freddy Adu Quote

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.

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

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.

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.

I own that it is a good deal of a mystery to me how judges, of all persons in the world, should put their faith in dicta. A brief experience on the bench was enough to reveal to me all sorts of cracks and crevices and loopholes in my own opinions when picked up a few months after delivery and reread with due contrition.

Personally, sometimes I grow from these situations when you don't have a good moment, maybe sit on the bench.

If you've noticed that dumbbells work better than barbells for you on the bench press, then why change that?

I am not a prima donna. It's just that I feel cold on the bench.

To resign from the front bench is not a decision to be taken lightly.