Abby Wambach Quotes
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Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit.
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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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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 think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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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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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'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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Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.
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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 always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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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 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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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, as you grow older, you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill.
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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 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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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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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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The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.
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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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During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective.
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I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.