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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.

Hope Solo

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Hope Solo
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 30
Association Football Player
Model
Soccer Player
Richland
Washington
Hope Amelia Solo
Learned
Stand
Winning
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Podium
Everything
Goalkeepers
Medal
Gold
Journey

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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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My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.
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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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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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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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Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.
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My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.
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I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.
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True heros are made of hard work and integrity.
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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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I put all of my energy into building the game and giving women opportunities and, to put everything into it and then to be deemed selfish or not a good team player or outspoken, it's been hard. But at the same time, I'm going to get the critics and I know that.
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I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.
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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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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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L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.
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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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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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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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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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You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.
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