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My life is a beautiful struggle.

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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
Struggle
Beautiful
Life

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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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You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.
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Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle.
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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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L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.
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There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.
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It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.
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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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My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.
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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 have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.
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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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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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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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Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.
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I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends I'm just really bad at Facebook.
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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 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 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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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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