Millie Bright

Athlete

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In tournament football, you cannot dwell on things for too long.

There are times when you might have a bad training session or a bad day, and although I would often go to a team-mate to have a chat if that were the case, it's also great to have the option of expressing your thoughts in a journal if you don't want to bother anyone.

Obviously, everyone's journey is different, and we all have different ambitions and beliefs as kids as to whether we're actually going to be able to play in a World Cup and whether it can be a dream that can come true. For me and for my family, it's very surreal.

We are getting to the point where, like the men's game, playing football is not only a legitimate career but enables you to live really well and can perhaps even set you up for life. It will allow little girls to tell their mums and dads they want to be professional footballers and not have their dreams dismissed so easily.

I don't think I started kicking a ball until I was six or seven. Horses were my first love, so I was occupied with that.

The game is not just about the top four or five teams; it's the whole league that needs to be stable and developing. Without the other teams, we are nothing.

At the start, you don't earn a great deal, so you have to work other jobs if you want to play football. When I was at Doncaster, I couldn't solely do football. I had to work; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to live.

It's helped to develop me on the pitch, knowing all the positions, but also it's a good asset to have, that versatility. I'm able to move if I'm needed.

You have to make the strikers fear you. Make it difficult for them to get on the ball and go into different areas. That makes my job easier.

When I was younger, I had a fear of being judged as a footballer, and my worst fear was feeling like I didn't belong at the level of football I was playing.

Spending time with the horses was also a good place to escape to if you were having a bad day, so it was good from a mental point of view.

It's so busy in London, and I'm used to the countryside, fields, family, the horses and stuff.

I was probably on a horse before the age of three. From a very young age, I could ride on my own, work, trot, you name it.

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