Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you’re capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.
I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.
I’m a part of a team, and I’m no better or any worse than any single player on this team. That’s the approach I’ve always had and will continue to have. It’s not about me. It has never been all about me. If it had, this would have been a really lonely journey.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.
Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them.
A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.
It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.
Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn’t. Sure, there are games I’m going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn’t mean I give up.
Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I’ll do it.
The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.
I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn’t so confident in other areas.
Sports can do so much. They’ve given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports.
I know I wouldn’t be here, and all of us wouldn’t be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made – not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.
Sports can do so much. It’s given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.
We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.
You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it’s worth it if you score a spectacular goal.