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" I think at an early age I learned not to judge people. "
Hope Solo
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" London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal. "
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" 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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" 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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" I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake. "
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" 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. "
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" In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father. "
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" 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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" When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle. "
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" Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body. "
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" I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude. "
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" Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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. "
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" No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again. "
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" There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself. "
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" I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything. "
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" You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me. "
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" 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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" I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family. "
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" 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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" 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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