Hope Solo Quotes

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Hope Solo

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 30, 1981

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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I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.

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I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.

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I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.

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Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

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I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally.

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It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

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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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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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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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I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.

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I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.

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It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.

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I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.

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Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle.

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I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.

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My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.

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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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I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

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As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.

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