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I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

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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
Soccer
Played
Basketball
High
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School
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Freshman

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I'm not someone who goes around the locker room before a game trying to motivate my teammates. I don't say a lot before the game. I don't say a lot in general. It takes too much energy to do that.
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I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards.
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If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.
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I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.
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Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you're capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.
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You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.
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I know I wouldn't be here, and all of us wouldn't be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made -- not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.
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Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.
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