Hope Solo Quotes
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I know I can't dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears.
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It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt.
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I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.
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I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.
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Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.
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I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.
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I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.
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I know that I'm breaking down barriers. And I know that in the end I'm doing a great thing.
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There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.
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Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.
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I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.
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I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.
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You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
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I have given my life to the game and to the sport.
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I always just had a dream to spend more time with my father. But at the end of the day, my mom was the one who kept me in soccer,who kept me doing my homework, who provided me with meals on a daily basis.
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I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.
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I'm just going to embrace every experience.
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I am going to be a professional soccer player.
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My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.
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My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.
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I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.
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I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'
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It was hard. I came to grips with a lot of difficulties that I've overcome. Each challenge kind of makes you who you are. It wasn't always a good thing. I have my own struggles in my life because of the things I was forced to overcome.
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I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.
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As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.
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I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.
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When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.
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I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person.
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There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.
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I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer.
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