Abby Wambach Quotes
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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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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When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what's going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.
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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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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.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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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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I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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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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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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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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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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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.
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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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I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
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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'm going to do anything I can do - whether that's being part of FIFA or creating some sort of movement that can actually impart real equality across all lines - in every country, every city, every sector all over the world, that's what I'm going to do.
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I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.
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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.