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" L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game. "

" 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. "

" Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team. "

" I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me. "

" My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out. "

" I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest. "

" I think at an early age I learned not to judge people. "

" 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. "

" It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything. "

" When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle. "

" I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle. "

" 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. "

" My life is a beautiful struggle. "

" 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. "

" I'm a nerd at heart. "

" London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal. "

" No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again. "

" 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. "