“With hard work and dedication, anything is possible.”
“Confidence is key – once you have that, you are unstoppable.”
“Being an 18 year-old football player, there are temptations. There are girls. There’s going out to parties. There’s doing this; there’s doing that. There is drinking and blah, blah, blah. But at the end of the day it all comes down to maturity and what you have to do as a man to reach that next level. You have to be disciplined and make sacrifices.”
“I guess I would use one word to describe myself: determined.”
“I’m working my butt off every day to make sure people have my name on the tip of their tongue.”
“I try to keep my life fairly simple. Being humble is really important.”
“PSG was always a club that I wanted to join. I was ready to come and work hard for the team. When I joined the senior side, I was just shocked to find myself among footballing legends.”
“I’m not here to joke around or waste time. I want to put my city and country on the map, and I won’t stop until I’m at the top.”
“I would just laugh and say, ‘My dad was one of the greatest players, and I want to follow in his footsteps.’ But I also want to make a name for myself. I want to be Timothy Weah, be myself, play my game, and still follow in his footsteps while I’m doing that.”
“I just focus and concern myself with playing as I can.”
“Neymar is kind of the cool guy. We like to play around – I mess with him, he messes with me.”
“My first game went very well. My teammates told me to be quiet and not to put pressure on myself. I hope to do even more in the future and start scoring goals.”
“People believed I was fed with a silver spoon in my mouth, but I fought for everything that I have.”
“My surname is on my back, so I don’t see it when I play – that is for the fans only.”
“Of course I watch videos of my father’s goals from time to time, while I also receive a lot of advice from him, but what you see on the pitch is the result of my own hard work.”
“I am in love with Celtic, so I am really happy. It was a great feeling getting to know a new team and new coaching staff. I can’t wait to get on the field and play in front of those wonderful fans.”
“My father has played at Celtic before. He has told me it is really intense, and it is good to grow as a footballer by playing for this club.”
“I chose PSG because it’s the biggest club in France and, for a young guy like me, a chance I couldn’t turn down.”
“I didn’t want to stay in America, because the level in Europe is much higher.”
“I’m so happy to have joined Celtic and to be with this great team and amazing coaching staff.”
“Putting soccer aside, N.Y.C. is just one of those cities that builds people.”
“I feel like New York built me – it made my mindset really strong. I give props to New York for making that happen.”
“Coming from N.Y.C., I learned that with every hardship that you face, things are always going to get better once you put your mind to it.”
“The guys at PSG, they don’t really look at what your parents have done. They kind of just look at you for you, and they want to see you succeed, and they want to see you play.”
“I think the future’s really bright.”
“I am really happy to be at PSG – I want to stay there and learn and hopefully get some playing time.”
“My dad was a great player, and it’s up to me to be the best that I can be – even if I don’t make it to that extent.”
“Following in my father’s footsteps is not a big deal to me.”
“My dad really loves and really helps his country, so I think leading the country would be the best thing for Liberia.”
“Neymar is my favourite player. Getting to possibly play or train with him is going to be amazing.”
“Playing along with Mbappe, Cavani, Neymar will be a dream come true for me.”
“Celtic is the right place: the history, the fans – it’s a place I want to score more goals.”
“It’s super good for me because wherever you go, there’s always going to be competition, and you’re always going to have to fight, and I feel that PSG is really teaching me that you have to fight for your position even if you’re not playing.”
“It seems everyone who knows about Celtic knows they are historical, and if you play here, expect diehard fans.”
“I was really scared coming to Celtic because I have heard so much about U.K. football being tough; the fans expect so much.”
“There is literally nothing I can describe that’s better than scoring at Celtic Park.”
“Obviously, at PSG, they have the best players in the world. Being with that group has really made me strong. I have watched the ins and outs of everyone, Neymar and Mbappe and all those guys in training, and I really feel that it has moulded me into a stronger person and a fighter, and it made me a lot hungrier than before.”
“Of course people are going to compare me to my father, and there’s no problem with that. At the end of the day, I’m going to have to live with that for the rest of my life, whether I like it or not.”
“There are people that said I will not be as good as my father, that I am trash, and asked why I am playing for the U.S.A. You know, that is just pushing me to be the star that my country has been looking for.”
“My dream is eventually becoming the greatest talent to come out of the United States and New York, being a starter, and playing for my country.”
“As a striker, I don’t get to score a lot of beautiful goals.”
“I have faced a lot of people who said that I would always be in my father’s shadow. I just take that, and I use that as a boost because, as much as I love my father, I am trying to make a name for myself.”
“There was this point in my life where I thought that I was not fit enough to do a full 90 on the field. I got up at maybe six o’clock in the morning, went running, then just kept doing laps.”
“Now I know that when you do come to a new club, you have to fight for your spot if you want to be in the line-up week in, week out.”
“PSG has moulded me into becoming a fighter and that player who has the hunger to come to a new club and fight for a position.”
“Rooney’s a legend. He’s one of my favourite attackers of all time. He’s a guy I really do look up to.”
“I love music – it’s soothing and takes away from all the other stuff.”
“I sing, but I also like to write. Creativity is the best part because you’re then in your own zone and can talk about whatever you want to talk about – it lets you be free.”
“Scoring in my first two games has released all the pressure, and it’s been amazing.”
“Irish national teams are usually very physical.”
“I’m only 18 and playing on this big stage; sometimes you have to be really good in front of the goal. I feel like that’s something that I really have to work on, and that’s something that I’m going to work on in training.”
“Getting games with PSG was just a confidence booster for me. Coming into the national camp, I didn’t expect to get as much game time as I’m getting. But I’m glad the coach has so much confidence in me to get me out there and get me some games.”
“I am so proud to learn. However, I am also anxious to play a bit more and show what I can do.”
“In world football, the name ‘Weah’ carries a lot of weight. I’ve known that for a long time.”
“Every time I pull on a jersey, I know people are going to notice the name on the back, no matter was name’s on the front. It is something which will always follow me.”
“I knew from the start I wanted to play for the United States of America.”
“Put in the work in every day, put in the work in training, and it will show on the field.”
“With whatever I do, there’s always going to be hate. There’s always going to be people who are going to say, ‘He’s not as good as his dad.’”
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