Tiffeny Milbrett Quotes

I`m not saying I didn`t have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances.

I am somebody who... - I`m not saying I`m perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there`s a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA.

I can`t pretend to be enjoying this. I can`t pretend I`m enjoying going out there and playing this style.

I don`t think the game should be perfect. It`s 95 percent mistakes out there - you have to work with 10 players on your side and another 11 against you. It`s a crazy, chaotic game.

I`ve known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

You can`t ask every player to do the same thing. That`s why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can`t ask them to be of the same mold.

My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.