A biography for Jill Ellishasn’t been written yet.
“A win's a win in a World Cup.”
“You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.”
“My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.”
“I grew up in a military family, and my dad was gone for long periods of time. Families make it work because you know you care for each other.”
“One of the things we recognized coming out of 2015 is we had to get more and more high-level competition.”
“Something you look at when you go into a World Cup is your depth and your players that change the game.”
“You coach to coach. You don't coach to satisfy media, satisfy fans.”
“When you go to a World Cup, in midfield you need to have players who can score from distance, who can get in the box and obviously play-make.”
“It's important that our team has confidence.”
“Opportunity only knocks so many times.”
“My own personal opinion is putting three finals in one day isn't supporting the women's game.”
“The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.”
“When you have a group of players with self-belief... nine times out of 10, players can be very talented to make the roster, but they need that quality, and it is pivotal at a World Cup.”
“I haven't seen many pretty games in a World Cup.”
“When you go through a tournament of seven games, there are peaks and valleys. You kind of ride the players that are hot.”
“I truly think if I had stayed in England, I'm not sure I would be coaching. So what America gave me was kind of a dream and the opportunity and ability to follow that path, which I really had never dreamed about. I just feel very fortunate to be here.”
“When I first took over the team in 2014, the message was, even if you're on the right track, if you sit there, you'll get run over.”
“I don't read social media.”
“It's part of the beauty of the job in dealing with this is you have to have a plan, and that's why you can't only train 11 players; you train your whole team.”
“Our intent is to attack for 90 minutes.”