Quotes

I want my legacy to be about the soccer, and if I can help people be happier in life in any capacity, awesome.

I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.

I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

I hope we can get to a point where women players are being paid properly all around the world so the only thing they have to worry about is playing football and playing football alone.

International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.

When you're younger and traveling and visiting new countries and cities, that stuff is exciting; it's flashy, it's shiny, but I always had this separation between who I was as a person and who I was as a player.

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.

When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.

I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.

I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.

The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

I think, as you grow older, you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill.