Every time I step in between those lines, I'm in the zone. If you get between me and the ball, you might get smashed a couple times. Things happen, plays happen.

I think that I'm just on such a mission with my career that you don't really get to stop and think about your jersey number too often.

Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that was a record number.

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs.

When I first met him [James Galanis], he just said, Look, if you want to be a professional soccer player, if you want to make the national team, you have to do everything possible to work hard. You’ve got to put it number one.

Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.

The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year.

I kind of play like a guy. I don't hold grudges. I don't get dramatic with things. If somebody slide tackles me in training and we leave the field, I'm still talking to them. I think that there's very few of us out there that can just take confrontation, and if you've got an issue with something, you can go to that person and say it.

I don't get too upset or bent out of shape from things that go on on the field. But I think that you always want to try to keep it classy. You don't want to do any stupid fouls, and sometimes - sometimes the game gets to you people react differently.

I'm a competitor. No matter what I'm doing, whether I'm golfing, whether I'm playing indoor soccer with my fiancé - he's not going to get by me. I'm going to try to do whatever I can to win.

I'm honest. If people aren't putting in the effort, I will definitely let them know because I think that that can only help them.