“I cannot keep myself away from ice cream. I have two flavors that are my favorite: chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla swiss almond. I can eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting, no problem!”

You’re going to make mistakes in life. It’s what you do after the mistakes that counts.

When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.

The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.

You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things.

I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch.

Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.

I have a 16 year-old son, so I’m now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

My wife can’t cook at all. She made chocolate mousse. An antler got stuck in my throat.

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it by.

Everywhere in the world there are tensions – economic, political, religious. So we need chocolate.

Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate

I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

Whether it’s the experiments on ‘MythBusters’ or my earlier work in special effects for movies

I’ve regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.