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Ive known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.
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You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.
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When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every so often, I live for that, I live for that challenge.
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Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.
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Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.
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Coaches give you too much information. Ive been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.
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Do you have the heart to push yourself? If you don't, find a way to get it because talent will only get you so far. You've got to be hungry. You've got to have heart. That's just reality.
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If you are passionate about something, that will enable you to be the best you can be.
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The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total Tomboy and athlete as a girl, but never having a lack of opportunity.
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Its not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.
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I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.
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I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.
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To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.