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I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

I think, as you grow older, you have figure out the best way to utilize not only your body but your skill.

I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.

I want to do what I can to give the next generation of athletes added advantages in the game.

Sometimes if you have a coach or team-mates for too long, you get caught in certain routines. I think it's good to shake up things a little bit.

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.

Winning, you can overlook so many things.

You never know if you can actually do something against all odds until you actually do it.

I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.

2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you.

It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.

Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.

The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.

I've never scored a goal in my life without getting a pass from someone else.

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.

As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.

If given a really great chance, I'm going to put it away every single time.

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.

I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.

You must not only have competitiveness but ability, regardless of the circumstance you face, to never quit

I'm not in the business of politics.

Nobody is offered a World Cup.

The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.

Four goals in (16) minutes. Literally I don't even know how that happens especially in a World Cup final.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me.

I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.

Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.

I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.

I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.

I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.

As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.

My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.

I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans.

I don't care who scores the goals, I'm going to leave my human beingness on the field!

I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.

My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion.

To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it's a beautiful thing. It's really human.

It's not pressure. It's responsibility We put it on ourselves.

I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.