Abby Wambach Quotes
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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.
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It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.
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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.
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As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
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If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you.
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My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.
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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.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.
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Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.
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People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
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I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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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.
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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.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.