Jessica McDonald Quotes

Jessica McDonald

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 28, 1988

You name the sport, I've played it. I was quarterback for a football team one year, played volleyball, played softball - you name it.

Jessica McDonald

It's just an amazing feeling to walk barefooted in some nice grass.

Jessica McDonald

I'm not just working for myself anymore. I'm working for my kid as well, someone who's actually looking up to me on a whole other level than the younger generation.

Jessica McDonald

Being able to inspire my kid with what I'm doing now, it's going to help him succeed in the future, and that's one of my main goals here - is to try and succeed on the field, and succeed as a mother.

Jessica McDonald

Obviously this is something huge, just to be playing on the world stage and repping all the parents out there - not just the parents, but obviously all of the African American girls who feel as if they don't have much to rely to make your dreams come true, whatever the circumstances may be.

Jessica McDonald

There hasn't been any positive steps for moms in the NWSL. Now we're kind of getting our heads together, getting ideas together, and so now we can start somewhere as moms... Child care is not cheap. And if you look at our paychecks and you look at child care, there goes our paycheck. How are we going to eat?

Jessica McDonald

I became a starter in Portland, and then I lost my spot, but for what reason? It wasn't explained to me. I thought it was unfair.

Jessica McDonald

Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

Jessica McDonald

Being here in Houston, I have a lot more weight on my shoulders than I did in Portland. I feel a lot more appreciated because I am starting now, and I'm scoring goals.

Jessica McDonald

The more minutes you get on the pitch, the more you can prove yourself.

Jessica McDonald

Everyone has their opinions about the Bible and God.

Jessica McDonald

I'm trying to take care of my kid, and the only way to do that is obviously being financially stable.

Jessica McDonald

Being able to go home to my kid is such a relief because he's such a happy kid. He balances my life out in such a good way.

Jessica McDonald

When you become a parent, obviously it changes your life in so many ways.

Jessica McDonald

That's what pushes me every day to want to be successful on the soccer field - being able to not only take care of my kid on a financial level and be stable but, most importantly, to inspire my child.

Jessica McDonald

You don't know where you're going to be tomorrow. It's kind of hard to plan a future.

Jessica McDonald

After having a child, my career just skyrocketed. You have all that weight to kill off - you're working 10 times harder.

Jessica McDonald