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“Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.”
“I think a lot of where I find my confidence is knowing I've prepared as well as I could have.”
“A man's foot is wider, so when I would wear men's cleats, my foot would be sliding inside of it, so it's nice to be secure because then your body's not compensating, and you're not getting injuries.”
“U.S. Soccer has no justification for paying us as little as they do.”
“When you have somebody like Christie Rampone, with the vast experience she has had, you're going to defer to her line because she has played in so many huge games, and she knows what she's talking about.”
“Anything you train can be improved upon. If you do it over and over again, your body is going to remember these moves and not be surprised in the game.”
“The way I play, it's very much more a mental game than a physical game. I'm looking for space and where are players leaving space. Defensively, where are we at numerical disadvantages? Do I shift more to the left because they have more players on their right side? It's about reading the game before the game happens.”
“I've always been very hard on myself, and I never want to get to a point where I'm like, 'Alright, I'm kicking butt,' but I know I need to be confident because I think that will take my game to the next level.”
“It's lucky I haven't been in a bad tackle. I could be prepared, but if my body gets wrenched in the wrong way, I can't help that.”
“I always have oatmeal before training or a match. It's easy on the stomach, offers so many vitamins and minerals, and is slow-burning, so it won't leave me hungry at half-time.”
“Anytime that you're getting games in, you're going to get better.”
“I wasn't shuffling from one sport to the next that much. I had downtime to just be a high school student.”
“When I'm on the field, I don't want to be worrying about my cleats. I want them to enhance my playing style.”
“Soccer is an uncomfortable sport. You're running; you're getting tackled.”
“It's always been a dream of mine to be an Olympian.”
“The women's national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it's empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.”
“Defending is mostly about focus.”
“I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen some day.”
“The game can be quite dangerous when you look at certain injuries, especially head injuries.”
“I know that I'm not the fastest or the strongest or the best in the air, so from a very early age, I had to be positionally sound, or I was going to get beat. So you just kind of learn as you grow.”