I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made.
From Abby Wambach
I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.
As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.
I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
This might sound masochistic or narcissistic, I don't know, but when I'm not playing the game, the validations I feel about life are always through the hardships. I relate more to sadness, in a lot of ways, when I'm not playing.
It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.
As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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