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" We women are great at underselling ourselves and not so great at owning our awesome. "

" If there is one certainty in soccer, it is this: The quickest road to becoming a winning soccer team is to have a great goalkeeper. "

" My role models were all men. I grew up - I was a big 1980s Laker fan: you know, the years of Worthy, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and, you know, eight-foot-tall men that I could never emulate, and then these big 300-pound football players. "

" You don't need a title. You don't need a degree in business organization or be trained in the finer arts of persuasion. You just need to believe you can lead. So start there. Start believing. "

" Having a love-hate relationship with road trips is inevitable. "

" I understand every parent has a different risk threshold. And I realize life is full of risks, even including harmful chemicals that we interact with on a daily basis. "

" I have been involved with U.S. Soccer for 30 years, and I don't remember one senior woman in the organization that you would deal with on a daily basis in a position that was making decisions. That is a huge issue. How many times do you hear, 'There are no women around?' Well, they are fishing in the wrong pond. "

" Girls are so quick to say they can't do something, and they won't even try, whereas boys tend to just go for something even if it's probably a bad idea. "

" I want to go back to college for sure! Who doesn't, right? All your bills are paid for. You're there with all of your friends. "

" We should teach kids, whether you're on the varsity team or not, that movement is a great thing in your life. "

" I think that was one of my biggest worries. I didn't want to be so focused on soccer that it became my whole life. "

" I don't know if there's any sport that's stupid, but I really don't understand curling. I guess I'm just not into brooms on ice. "

" I would be doing anything to avoid a 9-5 job and high heels. Lifeguard, beach volleyball player, whatever. "

" I remember the first time I played on a synthetic turf field. I thought, 'Wow, this is amazing. What is this stuff?' It seemed so much better than that concrete-like Astro Turf that was essentially just a green, thin carpet over hard ground. "

" Leadership is loud. It is quiet. It is thoughtful and emotional and cerebral and nerdy and goofy and joyful and motivating. "

" I remember the day I met Cammi Granato, a former star on the U.S. women's hockey team. We were at a Women's Sports Foundation dinner in 1996, and she came over to introduce herself. She had watched the U.S. women's soccer team win gold at the Atlanta Olympics and was hopeful the U.S. women's hockey team could do the same. "

" People will say, 'Who are your role models, and who are your pioneers?' And the first person that comes to my mind is Billie Jean King because we didn't have women that we could watch when I was growing up. "

" In countries or places where an appropriate grass surface is not an option, then turf is indeed a great alternative. But that is only when grass does not or cannot grow. "

" Most sports federations, corporations, and governments don't change voluntarily. Change is brought by the disenfranchised demanding better. "

" It is so easy to be pleasant and charming and positive when life is going swimmingly well. You are winning. You are healthy. You are happy. But what happens when life throws darts at you? "

" For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country. "

" I grew up watching the Lakers and the Dodgers and the Rams, all local men's professional teams, and never really had any women that I grew up watching. "

" For too long, I equated leadership with a position. I thought leaders were presidents or politicians or celebrities or four-star generals with a horse and sword. "

" We all can agree we want our kids active and moving and healthy. But we also have a right to know whether the turf fields our kids are playing on contain harmful chemicals. "

" I'd always thought leadership was a CEO or president or person in a position of power. And honestly, to me, that meant a man - because that's what I was reading about in history books growing up. "

" Sports help women stay in school longer and make them less likely to use drugs, break the law, or get pregnant at an early age. "

" The pressure to perform is actually a privilege. Being left out of the starting rotation is a sign you must work harder. "

" I once thought about being a doctor, but then I'd have to work for a living. "

" Imagine the day when girls everywhere won't have to fight for the right to be recognized for their great work or their contributions to society. "

" Sports build good habits, confidence, and discipline. They make players into community leaders and teach them how to strive for a goal, handle mistakes, and cherish growth opportunities. "