I am going to be a professional soccer player.

I had made a vow to never stay in my home state to play, I wanted to go as far East Coast as possible, more or less to get away from my family life. I ended up staying in my home state and fell in love with it. I ended up having a beautiful relationship with my family over time and it was the best decision I've ever made.

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

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

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.

Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.

I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.