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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.

Hope Solo

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Hope Solo
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 30
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Hope Amelia Solo
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I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.
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I like to read books and be alone I'm not social butterfly person.
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I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.
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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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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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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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My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.
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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 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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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 did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle.
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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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