Brandi Chastain

“The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.”

“I love soccer; I want to be on the field.”

“Julie, Mia and I just met for a couple days, doing some work but really under the guise of having fun. We do events like the Women's Sports Foundation Dinner, where we get to not only do a good thing for the community but we get to hang out with one another again.”

“After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.”

“To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.”