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" 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. "
Hope Solo
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Today
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" I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You're going to look back 20 years from now and of course you're going to remember the games. But I'm going to remember seeing my family in the stands. "
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" My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach. "
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" My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it. "
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" I'm a nerd at heart. "
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" I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity. "
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Think
Window
" When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football. "
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Football
Real
" I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude. "
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" Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus. "
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Focus
Training
" Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case. "
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Bitter
Time
" It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything. "
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Everything
Way
" I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys. "
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Balls
Even
" 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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Group
Amazing
Lead
" All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength. "
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Life
Time
People
" I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time. "
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Time
Enjoy
Hotel
" I have a lot of critics; we all know that. "
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Know
Lot
Critics
" My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out. "
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Daily
Grind
Training
" I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry. "
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Butterfly
Sorry
Person
" I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal. "
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Personal
Nothing
Beef
" I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe. "
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Love
Obstacles
" You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me. "
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Loss
You
Pain
" I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.' "
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Idea
Sex
Still
" You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can. "
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Negative
Know
Going
" I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed. "
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Live
Time
My Life
" You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect. "
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You
Disrespect
People
" I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic. Look at all the teams in America that have folded, and the leagues. "
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Women
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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. "
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I Am
Nobody
" My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could. "
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Me
Life
Home
" I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal. "
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Professional
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" I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game. "
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Hang
Me
Before