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" I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics. "

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" I'm just going to embrace every experience. "

" My life is a beautiful struggle. "

" On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world. "

" I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry. "

" It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008. "

" In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions. "

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" Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see. "

" I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids. "

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