Hope Solo Quotes

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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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  Hard Work, Play, Feel Good

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  I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

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  Thinking, Personality, Stronger

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• If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone's expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence.

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  Soccer, Football, Dream

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• True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

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  Integrity, Hero, Hard Work

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• I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory.

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  Team, Victory, Needs

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• One thing I’ve learned through all the ups and downs is that if you’re doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire, and you know that if they’re on your side, you’re doing something right.

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  Your Side, People, Groups

  "Hope Solo’s Nude ESPN Shoot Included Dropping Her Robe, Sprinting In The Middle Of The Street". Interview with Sasha Bronner, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 17, 2013.

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• I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.

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  Winning, Journey, The End Of The Day

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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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  Being Yourself, Personality, Trying

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  I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

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  Athlete, Opportunity, Thinking

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• I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

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  Who I Am, Proud, Stealing

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• My life is a beautiful struggle.

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  Beautiful, Struggle, Life Is

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  Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

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  Believe, Heart, Who I Am

  "Gobby, but without a Wookiee sidekick". www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2011.

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• I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness.

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  Agility, Goalkeepers, Solo

  Interview with Morty Ain, www.espn.com. October 06, 2011.

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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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  Jobs, Taken, Loss

  "Interview with Hope Solo, USWNT and St Louis Athletica Goalkeeper". Interview with L.E. Eisenmenger, sportslens.com. May 7, 2009.

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• No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

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  Hurt, Feelings, Want

  "Interview with Hope Solo, USWNT and St Louis Athletica Goalkeeper". Interview with L.E. Eisenmenger, sportslens.com. May 7, 2009.

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• People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the game.

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  Games, People, Pressure

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

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  People, Disrespect, Speak

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• I live for competition. It makes my life complete.

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  Competition

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• My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.

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  Winning, Knowing, Goal

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• It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt.

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  Grain Of Salt, Salt, One Step At A Time

  "Hope Solo dealing with the stars" by Elizabeth Merrill, www.espn.com. September 26, 2011.

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• With each year that's gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I've become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that.

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  Growing Up, Years, Gone

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• My entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

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  Powerful, Games, Trying

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• I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.

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  Soccer, Growing Up, Kids

  Source: soccerlens.com

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• I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

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  Play, Want, Fields

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• Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn't feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.

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  Growing Up, Insecure, Body

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