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" I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook. "
Hope Solo
Never
Bad
Go
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" One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire, and you know that if they're on your side, you're doing something right. "
Hope Solo
Influence
People
Respect
" I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field. "
Hope Solo
Respect
People
Great
" 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. "
Hope Solo
Football
Women
Look
" It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am. "
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Father
Life
Heart
" I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time. "
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Time
Enjoy
Hotel
" With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that. "
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Grow
You
Grow Up
" I live for competition. It makes my life complete. "
Hope Solo
My Life
Makes
Live
" I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder. "
Hope Solo
Prove
Say
Play
" 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. "
Hope Solo
Goal
World
Life
" My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years. "
Hope Solo
World
Life
Four
" You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can. "
Hope Solo
Negative
Know
Going
" 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
Sports
Today
Hate
" I have a lot of critics; we all know that. "
Hope Solo
Know
Lot
Critics
" I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal. "
Hope Solo
End
Day
Winning
" When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle. "
Hope Solo
Too Much
Muscle
Dancing
" My life is a beautiful struggle. "
Hope Solo
Life
Struggle
My Life
" 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. "
Hope Solo
Live
Think
Window
" I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes. "
Hope Solo
Love
Yes
Ton
" It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything. "
Hope Solo
Behind
Everything
Way
" 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. "
Hope Solo
Gold
Point
Single
" 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. "
Hope Solo
Me
Life
Home
" Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus. "
Hope Solo
Laser
Focus
Training
" Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out. "
Hope Solo
You
Down
Stand
" I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That's what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can. "
Hope Solo
Run
College
Family
" On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world. "
Hope Solo
Stage
Global
World
" 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. "
Hope Solo
Soccer
Love
Obstacles
" I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal. "
Hope Solo
Personal
Nothing
Beef
" Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team. "
Hope Solo
Seattle
Men
See
" I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake. "
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Been
Always
Fan
" I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude. "
Hope Solo
Edgy
Attitude