"True champions are made, not born."
"Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them."
"The person that said winning isnt everything never won anything."
"Just play your game."
"Finally, I owe a huge debt to the fans of the US Women's Soccer team- the parents, the coaches, the players, and of course, the girls who scream for us at every game. We play for you."
"I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down."
"Unless you feel good about what you do everyday, you wont do it with much conviction or passion."
"True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts."
"I firmly believe success breeds success."
"I want to do as much as I can to get the sport out there."
"Everyday Im building a fire. And everyday I train and add more fuel. And at just the right moment I light the match."
"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."
"There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one."
"When the whole team is connected and everything is working and flowing it's a powerfle feeling."
"After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all that I should. I gave it my best."
"What I love about soccer is the way it makes me feel about myself. It makes me feel that I can contribute, and that I can contribute to it everyday."
"Tt should never be about being the next Mia but being better than me."
"Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. Maybe you don't make a great cross with it to win the game, but you pushed yourself beyond what you thought you could."
"I have always felt something special for this team. I want to do so much for my teammates. I know how strong they are. From the beginning, this has been an entire team effort."
