Ali Krieger Quotes
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I was clipped from behind, and my leg got caught between my opponent's legs. As we fell, my leg snapped. It was a spiral fracture. They had to put in a plate and five screws. It was a devastating moment: one minute I was on cloud nine, and then I was out for the season.
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There are a few moments in every game when I will have to sprint and use my explosiveness to win.
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It's always tough to play against teams that bunker or 'park the bus' inside the 18-yard box, but we always try to focus on our game and how we can overcome the obstacles that the game presents to continue to get better and score goals.
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Because I don't like to play on a full stomach, I try to eat a bigger meal in the morning and less throughout the day leading up to the game.
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In general, taking soccer out of the picture, as an American living overseas, it's so cool, and I've grown so much. Now I can look at my life from a different perspective.
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My mantra is 'healthy body, healthy mind.'
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Playing for the Washington Spirit, the 2013 season was one of the most difficult I have ever experienced.
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If the spaces open up in the attack, then of course I'm willing to take it because I love to get involved; I love to get crosses in. I love to do combinations and just bring a different aspect to our game.
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I am super close with my brother. He is my ultimate role model. Growing up and having a family break apart, you know, when my parents divorced and things like that, it was a struggle, and all we had was each other at the time.
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In college, girls would come up to me: 'I want your calves.' It just makes me laugh. I guess people pay a lot of money to have the types of bodies athletes have.
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When you're at the highest point of your career at the highest level in your sport, any moment that you have these setbacks and injuries is devastating. You have to start back from zero, and you never know if you're going to get back to where you once were.
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When I was 6 years old, I played on a coed indoor team. We were called the Cosmos. And then, after that, when I was 7, I played on an all-girls club team.
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As a young girl, football is where I met the people who, to this day, are my best friends. It is also where I began to learn about the important relationship between hard work, teamwork, and fun.
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The leadership of Christine Rampone goes without saying. She is the definition of a what a leader is.
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I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.
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I think it's nice to have a variety of lineups and formations to use against different opponents, depending on what they bring.
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Germany is where I had to become a true professional. They play in big games when they are young. We could model some of our soccer system after what they do.
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I loved Mia Hamm, and I really looked up to Julie Foudy as well, who is one of my mentors.
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There is something quintessentially American about the USWNT. Last-minute, dramatic finishes and technical finesse aside, the spirit of the program reflects a determination and perseverance that resonates with the deeply held belief that with hard work, anything is possible.
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If you just kind of let yourself stay alone and be by yourself, the negative, it is just not going to help you.
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Just find things you think are fun, and then you'll be more inclined to want to go work out.
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Our daily work ethic - that need to always do better and top our last performance - is what makes USWNT football players who we are.
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I love to do lunges because I don't want my butt to start sagging. I say that to my trainer all the time; he thinks I'm nuts.
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I have to win, even if I'm just playing ping pong.