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I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You're going to look back 20 years from now and of course you're going to remember the games. But I'm going to remember seeing my family in the stands.

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Hope Solo
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 30
Association Football Player
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Soccer Player
Richland
Washington
Hope Amelia Solo
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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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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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You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.
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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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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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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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L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.
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I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.
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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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When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle.
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I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.
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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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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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You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
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Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.
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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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My life is a beautiful struggle.
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On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.
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It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt.
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I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.
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