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Sport taught me how to goal set, it really gave me a voice and identity.

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
Taught
Sports
Goal
Voice
Really
Sport
Identity
Gave

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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 love watching gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.
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Every morning, I wake up trying to be the best mom and the best role model for my kids in a healthy diet and active lifestyle.
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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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It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing.
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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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I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.
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I am happy that the young girls have a lot more choices these days and an opportunity to feel better about themselves.
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I could just have chips and salsa for dinner every day.
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Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.
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The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.
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Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them
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English muffins with avocado is one of my favorite breakfasts.
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I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.
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It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.
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Success breeds success.
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People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'
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Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together.
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I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
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You're worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be
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