I'm not someone who goes around the locker room before a game trying to motivate my teammates. I don't say a lot before the game. I don't say a lot in general. It takes too much energy to do that.
I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.
If you've got hips, you can't be a gymnast or dancer. That ruled me out.
Sport taught me how to goal set, it really gave me a voice and identity.
Experience means you did a lot of things wrong.
If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.
I don't want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don't want to live in the past -- I want to live now!
Every morning, I wake up trying to be the best mom and the best role model for my kids in a healthy diet and active lifestyle.
It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing.
You're worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be
Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.
Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.
Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.
People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'
Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.
We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.
I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn't so confident in other areas.
Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.
My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too
I know I wouldn't be here, and all of us wouldn't be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made -- not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.
I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.
The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.
Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I'll do it.
Sports can do so much. They've given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.
After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.
A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.
Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them
The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.
Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.
Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
