"For the most part, we’ve created a generation of players who are unwilling or unable to show any personality. At times it’s mind-numbing. Somebody do something. Grow some Valderrama hair! Date a supermodel! Clint Dempsey isn’t everyone’s poster boy just ’cause he scored in the World Cup. He made a rap video and plays with that attitude he’s got. It’s great. Like it or not, controversy, rumor and speculation are good for the game, and we don’t have enough of it. So, like I tell my players: Don’t bore me. Have an opinion. Make me and everyone else interested in who you are as a player and person. Make an impression."
— Los Angeles Galaxy President Alexi Lalas. (ESPNsoccernet)