Abby Wambach Quotes
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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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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 would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
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Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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At the most elite level, your nutrition becomes a lifestyle: it's not something you have to do when you're preparing for Olympic games or World Cup games - you just do it. You're more inclined to eat healthier because it's better for your muscles.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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I want my legacy to be about the soccer, and if I can help people be happier in life in any capacity, awesome.
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I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.
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Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.
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Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off.
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.
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Forever, it was just soccer - passion, life, love. Then I got married, and I had to transfer some of my energy. I want to be my best for my country, but I also made a really big promise and choice to be the best in my marriage. That has not always been the easiest thing to manage.
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From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my own age group. So, she moved me over to play with the boys' travel soccer team when I was about 11 years old.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.