Abby Wambach : (9)

" Nobody is offered a World Cup. " - Abby Wambach

" 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. " - Abby Wambach

" From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my own age group. So, she moved me over to play with the boys’ travel soccer team when I was about 11 years old. " - Abby Wambach

" When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn’t work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game. " - Abby Wambach

" 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. " - Abby Wambach

" When I was really young, the women’s national team wasn’t on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players. " - Abby Wambach

" When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a person who’s made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She’s still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women’s soccer can’t be measured. " - Abby Wambach

" 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. " - Abby Wambach

" I would say Hope Solo is competitive. " - Abby Wambach