Jimmy Conrad
Jimmy Conrad
James "Jimmy" Conradis an American retired soccer defender and currently a host on the YouTube channel, KICKTV. During his 13-year MLS career, he was four-time MLS Best XI and the 2005 MLS Defender of the Year. He also earned 27 caps with the United States men's national soccer team and went to the 2006 FIFA World Cup...
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Obviously, we came off a bit of a shocker and gave up some goals that we are not necessarily happy with. We're looking to correct that as well. People are going to score. Just make them the greatest goals you've ever seen.
attitude felt looking outside
I've never had the attitude that I was on the roster. I always felt like I was on the outside looking in.
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Essentially, the whole process, I don't want to have any regrets. A year ago I wasn't even in my first camp and now to be part of the mix is something I'm proud of. I'm just going to go out there and have no regrets and see what happens.
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It all kind of started when I was back in college. When you walk on, you have to persevere. Thing are not going to be just handed to you. That's what has made me a stronger player and a stronger person today because I've had to go through that adversity. When a setback does happen or a bad game happens or a bad pass happens, I still am confident that I can work through it and get to where I want to go.
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It's just a learning curve and once I get adjusted to it, I just kind of start to grow within that. Each step, I've been kind of doing the same thing.
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They sent me a letter. I wish I would have kept it. It said we'll let you try out if you get accepted to school. I didn't get accepted to school.
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I was like, well, there goes my chance.
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I was a little more nervous to be honest just because that was my first action stopping and going. There is a new drug called adrenaline that comes when you play and that adrenaline really helped me not feel any pain and get out there and go.
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He puts the fires out before they start. He's had so much experience that any time a play happens, he always seems to make the right decision. That's something I just soak up.
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I came in with 10 freshmen, and eight of us ended up transferring out. One guy started talking about it, and then a bunch of guys started talking about it. It was kind of like this mass movement. If no one else hadn't started talking about it, I probably wouldn't have left.
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I kind of just take it one step at a time. When I got into college and once I got to see that I could play with the guys at UCLA, I started to get better and more confident with what I could do and see what it took to be at that level.