“Ninety percent of the time, when I put on my headphones, I forget to turn on my music. Literally 10 minutes will go by before I realize that there's no music.”
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“Ninety percent of the time, when I put on my headphones, I forget to turn on my music. Literally 10 minutes will go by before I realize that there's no music.”
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“One thing I'm proud to do like a girl is represent my country in the Olympics and at the highest level, at the highest platform that I can.”
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“I have done 'Sports Illustrated,' but I don't regret it because it portrayed me in a positive way - as an athlete.”
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“After I got my gold medal, I thought, 'This isn't just me. It belongs to my team, my friends, my family, the fans, everybody who's impacted my life - this is our gold medal.' So when someone...”
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“I really started to enjoy Instagram more recently because it's something that shows people what I'm doing and what I'm going through, but it's so simple. I don't have to come up with somethi...”
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“I went from never doing interviews to doing 10 in one day and standing in front of 60,000 fans. Now people look up to me, and I'm seeing little girls wearing my jersey.”
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“I find my motivation from everyone who looks up to me and my teammates. From the little girls that look up to me and tell me they want to be like me when they grow up.”
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“There's really no secret to success. You make your own success.”
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“I know the trend I would love to bring back is floral. I think that it's just so much fun, whether it's with shoes or outfits or even pants.”
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“I have a couple of go-to sneakers off the pitch. I like to have shoes that I can slip on and wear with anything. I travel often, so it's about finding those two or three pairs of shoes that...”
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“I feel the most confident when I'm comfortable in workout clothes with my hair up in a ponytail.”
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“With me and Portland, it wasn't moving anywhere. I wasn't given a bigger role as I played more and more with the club. I felt I could have been utilized in a bigger way.”
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“I have experienced sexism multiple times, and I'm sure I will a lot more.”
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“I played volleyball, basketball, softball, and I started to love soccer the most around 7-8 years old because it was a physical game. I could use my speed and strength to my advantage.”
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“Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.”
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“My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want my body getting used to one thing in particular.”
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“I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other.”
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“I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercise...”
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“I was the biggest tomboy growing up. Now I love playing with a full face of makeup.”
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“It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it...”
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