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" I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys. "
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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. "
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" Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team. "
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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 played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere. "
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" When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently. "
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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 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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Window
" In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father. "
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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. "
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" As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives. "
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Women
" 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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Anything
Burn
" I'm just going to embrace every experience. "
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Experience
Every
Embrace
" I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that. "
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Nobody
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" Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus. "
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Focus
Training
" 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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Feeling
You
Feel
" I know I can't dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears. "
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Dance
Home
" 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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Gold
Point
Single
" I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can. "
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Family
Life
Me
" 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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Growing Up
Body
Feel
" A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident! "
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Confident
Think
People
" 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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Believe
I Am
Nobody
" 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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" My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth. "
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Truth
People
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" I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle. "
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Make
" 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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Always
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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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You
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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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Time
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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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Bad
Go
" I'm a nerd at heart. "
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Heart
" I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.' "
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Idea
Sex
Still