Athlete

I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.

I'll be honest. After I got married, I definitely had a shift in emotional devotion.

I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.

We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.

During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective.

One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing.

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.

Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit.

My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow.