Athlete

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.

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.

I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.

I'm not in the business of politics.

People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played.

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.

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.

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.

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.

Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off.

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.

I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.

I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.

Forever, it was just soccer - passion, life, love. Then I got married, and I had to transfer some of my energy. I want to be my best for my country, but I also made a really big promise and choice to be the best in my marriage. That has not always been the easiest thing to manage.