Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.

I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch.

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

You're going to make mistakes in life. It's what you do after the mistakes that counts.

I'm loving motherhood. It's way harder than soccer, but I love a challenge.

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.

The "r" word [racism] is a scary word to me - I don't like to say it. I'm not trying to say it doesn't exist. It's incredibly inflammatory and invites a lot of awful mistakes and injustices that have happened and still do happen. It's a word that has been thrown around in a way that incites a lot of bad feelings in most people.