When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.

All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'

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

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.

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.

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.