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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
Abby Wambach
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As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.
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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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My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.
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My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion.
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Nobody is offered a World Cup.
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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.
Abby Wambach
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I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.
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For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.
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I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.
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The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.
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Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime.
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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.
Abby Wambach
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My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me.
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I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.
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I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.
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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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I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.
Abby Wambach