Abby Wambach Quotes
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Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.
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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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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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The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.
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One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing.
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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 think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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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 think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.
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My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow.
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I hope we can get to a point where women players are being paid properly all around the world so the only thing they have to worry about is playing football and playing football alone.
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I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans.
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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 always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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When you're younger and traveling and visiting new countries and cities, that stuff is exciting; it's flashy, it's shiny, but I always had this separation between who I was as a person and who I was as a player.
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The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.
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I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.
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I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.
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2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.
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I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.
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When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
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I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.
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You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.
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I think there's so much emphasis on body image and results and outcome, but really what you should be after is to be healthy and to feel good about yourself.