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Football is the biggest sport in Norway for girls and has been for years, but at the same time, girls don't have the same opportunities as the boys.

I remember, when I was young, I had idols who inspired me to go for my dreams, and I just want to give the same back.

My sister plays for PSG. My brother played, too, but not professionally. So I had no choice!

That's the great thing with Lyon: we are such a competitive group of players, but we know each other so well, so what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

Sometimes you need to make difficult choices.

Wherever you play, you just want to have fun.

I always used to play with the boys and loved it. You never asked yourself the question if there should be a difference between a boy or a girl.

I don't think too much about how many goals I'm going to target. I work really hard and prepare really well for the season to come... I know when I'm well prepared, when I've worked hard, the results will come.

When I was little, I always loved scoring goals.

I'm just focused playing 100% as best as I can at my club.

A lot of people talk about records, but you can get lost as a player if you think too much about them.

I know what I want and know my values, and therefore, it's easy to take hard choices when you know what the ambitions are and what values you stand for, so it's all about staying true to yourself, be yourself.

Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.

When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn't cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.

We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices. We leave our families behind to chase our dreams, too.

I think Together #WePlayStrong is a big step for football. This project is about building interest and professionalism and making younger women want to play football at a high level.

I think when people ask me, 'Who's your favourite player?' it's hard for me to answer.

If you want to get anywhere in life, you have to make choices.

People wonder what you are going to do after you've won the Champions League three times? Win it again, if I can.

I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.

I never saw myself as a women's footballer. Not when I was in my tiny village in Norway. Not when I was suffering in Germany. Not when I finally made it to Lyon.

I love my country.

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.

Of course I have ambitions, even if I don't play for the national team.