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

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

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.

I know that I'm breaking down barriers. And I know that in the end I'm doing a great thing.

My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.

I have given my life to the game and to the sport.

My family doesn't do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.