Abby Wambach Quotes
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I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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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 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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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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'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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I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.
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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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You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the world because frankly, in terms of my soccer, it doesn't matter.
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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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Winning, you can overlook so many things.