Hope Solo Quotes

I live for competition. It makes my life complete.

My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.

I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

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.

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

I have a lot of critics; we all know that.

I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.

L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire, and you know that if they're on your side, you're doing something right.

Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.

I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.

I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake.

I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men's Seattle Sounders team.

I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.

I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.'

When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.

My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out.

I'm just going to embrace every experience.

I am going to be a professional soccer player.

London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer.

People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the game.

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.

I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.

[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.

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.

Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

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.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle.

All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.

In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.

I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.

I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'

You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

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.

Speech is the image of actions

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.

I had made a vow to never stay in my home state to play, I wanted to go as far East Coast as possible, more or less to get away from my family life. I ended up staying in my home state and fell in love with it. I ended up having a beautiful relationship with my family over time and it was the best decision I've ever made.

When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle.

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry.

No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions.

I'm a nerd at heart.

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

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.

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.