Jessica Mendoza : (6)

" Anytime I’m like, ‘Ho-hum,’ trying to go about my business like anyone else, I’ll have a father or someone come up to me and say, ‘You know, my daughter never realized she could be in the booth for sports, and now that’s what she wants to do.’ " - Jessica Mendoza

" On the U.S.A. team our income wasn’t coming from U.S.A. It was coming from sponsors, it was coming from how we made money elsewhere. " - Jessica Mendoza

" Everyone’s got advice, everyone’s got their two cents. Try to streamline, like, who are the people that I trust the most? Sometimes I call it my board of directors. They’re going to challenge you, but they’re also going to support you. They’re not going to just tell you what you want to hear, either. " - Jessica Mendoza

" If you’re good at what you do, it’s going to quiet the people that think you’re not good because of how you look or what sex you are. " - Jessica Mendoza

" I grew up in a big Mexican family and… we always were so comfortable in our own skin. So society, the stuff that I think we see a lot now for young girls, didn’t really reach me because I had this huge Mexican bubble around me saying, ‘You’re beautiful. You’re amazing. You’re strong. And be you.’ " - Jessica Mendoza

" To be honest my first memories are getting to know players. I remember being on the bus probably like 3, 4, 5 years old, and my dad would always say go sit with the players in the back. " - Jessica Mendoza