Hope Solo Quotes & Sayings

#1. You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.

#2. I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

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#3. I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

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#4. London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

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#5. It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

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#6. I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'

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#7. I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

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#8. On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.

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#9. I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal.

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#10. Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

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#11. It was hard. I came to grips with a lot of difficulties that I've overcome. Each challenge kind of makes you who you are. It wasn't always a good thing. I have my own struggles in my life because of the things I was forced to overcome.

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#12. I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.

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#13. Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.

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#14. I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.

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#15. Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle.

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#16. I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.

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#17. When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle.

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#18. A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

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#19. I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.

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#20. I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

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#21. I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.

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#22. True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

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#23. I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.

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#24. I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

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#25. I'm a nerd at heart.

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#26. My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.

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#27. I have a lot of critics; we all know that.

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#28. It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.

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#29. Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

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#30. No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

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#31. All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

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#32. My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out.

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#33. My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.

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#34. You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.

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#35. I am going to be a professional soccer player.

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#36. I have given my life to the game and to the sport.

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#37. There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.

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#38. I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

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#39. Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

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#40. When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

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#41. I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.

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#42. I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That's what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can.

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#43. Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.

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#44. My life is a beautiful struggle.

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#45. I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.

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#46. I'm just going to embrace every experience.

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#47. I always just had a dream to spend more time with my father. But at the end of the day, my mom was the one who kept me in soccer,who kept me doing my homework, who provided me with meals on a daily basis.

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#48. I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic. Look at all the teams in America that have folded, and the leagues.

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#49. People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the game.

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#50. As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.

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#51. I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.

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#52. I live for competition. It makes my life complete.

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#53. I take everything with a grain of salt.

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#54. I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.'

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#55. My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

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#56. I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

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#57. When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.

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#58. There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

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#59. I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer.

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#60. My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

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#61. In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions.

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#62. Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

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#63. You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.

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#64. My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

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#65. I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

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#66. I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.

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#67. Even when quitting seems like the best option, theres always a reason to keep going.

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#68. I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.

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#69. My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.

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#70. I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.

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#71. She [my mother] struggled, abusing alcohol for quite some time, and so we just kind of drifted apart. I went to college. But I dedicate the book to her because she is the true champion of the family. She kept our family together. She provided us with a roof over our head. She always worked.

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#72. You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

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#73. Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

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#74. It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

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#75. I know I can't dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears.

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#76. I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.

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#77. I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.

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#78. In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

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#79. I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

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#80. I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.

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#81. I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake.

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#82. If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone's expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence.

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#83. I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

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#84. With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that.

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#85. I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.

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#86. I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

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#87. One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.

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