Milan winger Christian Pulisic spoke on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon, discussing his journey and experiences as a professional footballer. The Rossoneri forward touched on his time with Milan, and also shed some light (via PianetaMilan) on his ‘eye of the tiger’ celebration:
On achieving his dreams:
“It’s still incredible to me today. I never thought I’d be in this position, doing what I love for a living… It’s incredible.”
On his early aspirations:
“My first memory is with a soccer ball. Maybe when I was 6-7 years old and moved to England, I somehow knew. Almost every year at Halloween, I dressed up as a soccer player. I wasn’t very creative.”
On his family’s influence:
“Both my parents played. My dad was a professional, and my mom was probably the better soccer player between the two: she was a great player.”
On using himself in video games:
“Well, when you’re first included in the video game, you definitely want to use yourself to play. It’s the coolest thing ever.”
Regarding his “Eye of the Tiger” goal celebration:
“No, not exactly. That wasn’t the plan, it wasn’t a celebration, but when I got it, the tattoo artist told me to try it to see if it was perfectly aligned. I was 18-19 years old.”
On the upcoming match against Manchester City:
“Yes, we have a big game against Manchester City next Saturday at Yankee Stadium. I mean, a soccer game at Yankee Stadium… I’m excited before games? Yes, usually, and honestly even more when I play in the United States. It’s always nice to be home and play with my European club in the States.”
On entertaining his European teammates in the US:
“They always ask me. Last year we were in Los Angeles, and they said, ‘Come on Christian, it’s your country, show us something around.’ And I told them, ‘But I’m from Hershey, Pennsylvania…’ New York is a little closer, so maybe I can come up with something…”
