Brian McBride Quotations

Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.

It's not any one person. It's not any one coach. It's the team.

Put your head down and work as hard as you can because there is always someone better out there.

I want to be involved in soccer some way.

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.

Keep enjoying it, and if you do that, then you are going to get better.

You prepare yourself by concentrating on what you have to do out on the field.

It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more.

I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person.

I've been playing since I was eight years old.

My favorite sports are soccer, hockey and volleyball.

My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew.

I don't know the right way to answer that. I can say that this clearly has an enormous level of talent and that I've enjoyed it every time I stepped on the field. Just look around and you see the pace and the talent ? that says something.

Basically it was good ball movement. I just had to open up my foot -- it went in.

I enjoy analyzing the game and solve problems and get that across to my teammates.

I think probably we were guilty of trying to go forward too quick sometimes instead of settling it down and trying to open them up that way. Too many times we probably tried that penetrating pass and it didn't come off.

It doesn't do any good to sulk, ... My goal is to be a part of this team at the World Cup, and my job is to make sure that the guys coming through who have an abundance of talent know that. Hopefully, I can help lead them in the right direction with where to be and what to do and how it's going to feel. That's the case with Eddie and when I was playing with Jeff Cunningham in Columbus. These guys have unbelievable amounts of talent, and it's important to make sure they know that.

I would love for all U.S.-Mexico games to be here. I would love it. By the time the next qualifying rolls around, I'll be watching from the stands, but I'd love to be watching U.S.-Mexico here, that's for sure. The guys all love playing here. The field's always in great condition, the fans are great, and the whole situation is just awesome for us. The entire city is a great host too.

We were guilty of going forward too quickly sometimes. For them, it opened up the game. Maybe we need to hold it a little more. A different day, it could've gone a different way. It has in the past. We could've put more away.

When I received the ball, I just tried to shield it and turn, ... I faked the shot, and the second time I was going to hit it, but I faked again and they fell off again, and the ball set up for the third time and I struck it pretty well.

Two wins from now, we'll be OK. But until then, we'll just think about the next game (Aug. 17 at home to Trinidad and Tobago).

When one striker is scoring a lot and the others maybe not so much, there can be a tendency for the other guy to be at the forefront of people's attention,

We've come a long way in many ways, especially with the depth and talent of our players,

To sit on the other bench was strange. This is somewhat like home in the sense that I have been here eight years. It seems so normal.

You only accomplish things by sticking together as players on the field. It's a team sport. Yes there are individuals in it but as far as I am concerned targets should be team targets.

It's probably something we've never had before (on the left side). Bobby made quite a few strong runs. His right-footed shot was one of his best.

It's nice to beat Mexico, but it wasn't the be-all, end-all. It was about qualifying, and we did it in a good way.

I knew I just had to beat the guy to the spot, ... put a nice ball in and I just had to open up my foot.

I picked up golf - I'm not the best at it, but I enjoy it.

I didn't even know that. People haven't even talked about it. It shows the depth (of this team).

And, of course, I like to spend time with my wife and my two-year-old daughter.