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It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.
Mia Hamm
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Mia Hamm
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 17
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Selma
Alabama
Mariel Margaret Hamm
Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra
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I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.
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I don't want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don't want to live in the past -- I want to live now!
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