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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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Hope Solo
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 30
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Hope Amelia Solo
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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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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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I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.
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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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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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I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.
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I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.
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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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You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.
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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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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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