Freddy Adu Quotes

Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.

What I've observed and what I've imagined - and definitely what I'm hoping - happens as you get older is that there's a mellowing, an acceptance that comes with time. I guess that I'll find out.

I think, with more experience, I'm probably wiser, calmer. You hope you'll be able to use your knowledge a bit better.

I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.

Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you.

If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'

I think, over the years, I've kind of evolved.

Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.

The older I get, the more relaxed I am.

I used to want to be the quickest, loudest, and sharpest. I think as time has gone on, I've gotten more relaxed.

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.

I have no projects on the horizon. I don't feel frustrated. It's a great life lesson for me.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

There's nothing wrong with things taking time.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.

The advice I would've given my younger self is, 'Be patient; just hold on.'

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

Presumably, with age, you mellow down.

There are still things I can do better.