I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.

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

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 have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.

It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt.