Alex Morgan Quotes
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I have done 'Sports Illustrated,' but I don't regret it because it portrayed me in a positive way - as an athlete.
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It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life.
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My favorite goals are the ones when there's so much pressure. I focus more when the game is on the line.
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I rarely felt or noticed any real divide between girls and boys when I was growing up. Maybe it was because I was so involved in sports and competed with the boys. Maybe it was my mom and dad, who constantly instilled confidence in me and never made me feel as though there were boy activities and girl activities.
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I've always wanted to skydive.
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You should never be afraid of looking athletic or building too much muscle.
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I don't really have many regrets. I did miss a lot of the events in the days leading up to my sister's wedding because I was at a U17 camp. There were moments like that growing up when I felt like I focused too much on soccer. But that's probably the reason I am where I am today.
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I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other.
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When I leave the game, I want to go out on top.
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I'm not gonna sugarcoat it: It sucks to lose sometimes.
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There's really no secret to success. You make your own success.
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I have to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself that I'm beautiful, even if I don't necessarily believe it.
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I think players need to get paid for what they're worth, for what they put up on the field.
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Music is so huge to soccer, to my life, to working out. I usually have headphones when I'm cleaning the house or making dinner.
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I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercises - something to calm my mind down because a lot of times, it's just going faster than it should.
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I'm never just on the couch. Being busy is part of who I am. But it's hard juggling my family, my husband, balancing that time.
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People know there's more than one side to me. You can have beauty and brains and athletic ability. You can switch up the cleats for heels once in a while. You can do both.
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I went from never doing interviews to doing 10 in one day and standing in front of 60,000 fans. Now people look up to me, and I'm seeing little girls wearing my jersey.
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I don't think the entire world respects women in sport. But if FIFA start respecting the women's game more, others will follow.
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I certainly don't feel like I have the perfect body type... It's through your own eyes. And for every female, you're going to see flaws in that; you're going to see flaws regardless. So for me, it's just important to have that confidence and self-esteem no matter what body type you have.
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At home, my mom and my dad shared equally in the responsibilities of the family and our home and always demonstrated the importance of men and women having an equal role.
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I feel the most confident when I'm comfortable in workout clothes with my hair up in a ponytail.
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Even when I'm training alone, I always prefer doing soccer-related stuff. On my own, I'll run through cones or do some shooting exercises or pass the ball against the wall.
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At the FIFA World Player of the Year event, FIFA executives and FIFA president Sepp Blatter didn't know who I was. And I was being honored as top three in the world. That was pretty shocking.