Ada Hegerberg

“Football is my biggest passion in life, and I've worked really hard to get here. It's so important to me, so I can't sit and watch things not go in the right direction.”

“I just think you need to believe in yourself - be offensive, but still have some nervousness in your body before any important game.”

“I come from a little town of 7,000 people, and everyone in my family played football.”

“We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices. We leave our families behind to chase our dreams, too.”

“That's what defines the best athletes: being capable of showing up year after year at the highest level.”

“The way I work, I always ask myself, 'What did go well this year, and what do we need to work on?' I always have a plan in my head.”

“My sister plays for PSG. My brother played, too, but not professionally. So I had no choice!”

“I'm just focused playing 100% as best as I can at my club.”

“I love my country.”

“Wherever you play, you just want to have fun.”

“When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn't cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.”

“What I think is important for us as players is to always stay on our toes and be critical to everything being said.”

“I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.”