Kevin Payne Quotations

There are very few teams in the world, even major clubs, that don't have to worry their best players will get a better offer somewhere else.

My first reaction is that it's Freddy, out of a lack of experience, expressing frustration over something that he probably needs to have a little bit broader perspective on, ... Unfortunately, it gets turned into a huge deal because it's Freddy.

Our position is unchanged. I think one of the things that Freddy and the people around him need to understand is that, when it comes to playing time, Freddy is on a very good team. ... I'm not sure how this would be any different if Freddy were with Chelsea or Manchester United. They've got some pretty good players.

People have to look at the mistakes that keep being made, and we've got to hold ourselves accountable.

We continue to make relatively simple errors, ... Errors of judgment where players are left unmarked. We have opportunities to clear a ball, (and) we don't do it. We play sloppy balls that end up going to the other team. We've gotten punished for it in the big games we've played this year.

We believe that we're moving closer and closer to the point where we wake up in the morning and worry about how much money we're going to make.

We knew it was going to be a close game like last year.

Very little will change in the way we do things.

There were aspects of owning a professional sports team that were different from what Global thought. Ultimately, we decided very amicably that it was best to not go forward with this.

There's been a decision that was reached mutually to terminate the sale. There was a conclusion reached on both parties' parts that it probably was not in their best interests to go forward, that it was not the right kind of marriage.

At D.C. United, we have a way of doing things ... and people have to sublimate their egos and their selfish interests to the best interests of the group,

It was a mutual decision. There were concerns on both sides that this probably was not ultimately going to be the right fit for anybody.

It's not perfect, ... but it's about as good as it could be.

Everybody played together as a team. That's why we got the victory.

It's ancient history and we move on, ... From what I've heard, Freddy had a good day of training and he's looking forward to this weekend.

It was a big interception. I went up to try to knock it down, and I fell on the ground. The ball fell on my body and I grabbed it. It was big for the team. We needed that at that point.

It was a big interception, ... I went up to try to knock it down, and I fell on the ground. The ball fell on my body and I grabbed it. It was big for the team. We needed that at that point.

That's a question you have to ask (Coach) Peter Nowak. The head coach is the one handling the team, and I support Peter Nowak 100 percent.

An agent doesn't run our team. And, frankly, his agent doesn't decide where he plays.