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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. "
Hope Solo
Started
Stage
Out
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" I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.' "
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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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Best
Truth
" 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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Life
Heart
" 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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Day
Winning
" Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle. "
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Care
Body
You
" I'm just going to embrace every experience. "
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Experience
Every
Embrace
" A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident! "
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Think
People
" Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case. "
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Bitter
Time
" 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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Live
Think
Window
" When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle. "
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Too Much
Muscle
Dancing
" 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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Goal
World
Life
" I think at an early age I learned not to judge people. "
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Judge
Think
People
" 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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Life
World
You
" London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal. "
Hope Solo
Just
Gold
Gold Medal
" 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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Sports
Today
Hate
" 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
" I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness. "
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Without
Power
Been
" You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you. "
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Want
You
Predictions
" 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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Focus
Family
Soccer
" Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team. "
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Seattle
Men
See
" I have a lot of critics; we all know that. "
Hope Solo
Know
Lot
Critics
" I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that. "
Hope Solo
Who
Nobody
Proud
" 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
Life
" 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
" 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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Soccer
Great
Fans
" 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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Welcome
Life
You
" I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.' "
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Idea
Sex
Still
" My life is a beautiful struggle. "
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Life
Struggle
My Life
" 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
" 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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World
Football
Real