Alex Morgan

“The head-banging music gives me a headache. Katy Perry is fun, Rihanna, old-school '90s hip-hop. Salt-N-Pepa. I like listening to that. Get the nerves out before the games.”

“I always map out how to get a good eight or nine hours of sleep before I even start my day. And my rule is to put my phone on silent when I go to bed; that way, no texts or emails can disturb me.”

“My off-pitch style is probably girly and comfortable. I like a lot of loose-fitting material on top and more tight-fitting material on the bottom.”

“Winning and losing isn't everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.”

“Social media has come a long way. With the good has come some bad, and you always have a lot of people hiding behind their computers and being very critical of what you do on and off the field, of what you tweet, of what you say, of everything you do.”

“Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.”

“I'm a big advocate of starting soccer young and always having the ball at your foot, but that's because I didn't do that. If I'd focused more on that when I was a kid, it would've been so helpful. It took me, like, halfway through college to feel comfortable with the ball.”

“My dad has been to every soccer game that I've played in, both at the amateur level and at the professional level, and he always had great things to say whether we won or we lost, whether I felt great or not so great.”

“My goal against Italy in the World Cup qualifier was probably my most memorable: we had to go to Italy and had to win, or we wouldn't go to the World Cup, and I scored in stoppage time.”

“I never look at the goalkeeper's eyes.”

“I have experienced sexism multiple times, and I'm sure I will a lot more.”

“Every time you step onto the field, you have to set goals. My goals are to either score a goal, to have an assist, or to play well.”

“I was the biggest tomboy growing up. Now I love playing with a full face of makeup.”

“I love yoga. There's a lot of stretching involved, which helps with my flexibility and injury prevention. Vinyasa is my favorite as a recovery tool and for me to continue having my legs feel good.”

“At the FIFA World Player of the Year event, FIFA executives and FIFA president Sepp Blatter didn't know who I was. And I was being honored as top three in the world. That was pretty shocking.”

“I don't think the entire world respects women in sport. But if FIFA start respecting the women's game more, others will follow.”

“It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life.”

“I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercises - something to calm my mind down because a lot of times, it's just going faster than it should.”

“Music is so huge to soccer, to my life, to working out. I usually have headphones when I'm cleaning the house or making dinner.”

“I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other.”