Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone's expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence.

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

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

I wear my dad's cross. It's very important to me. I hang it in my locker before each game.

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.

Being responsible and taking care of your body is truly how you make your pay cheque, how you excel and succeed in your lifelong goals, so for me it's just an everyday lifestyle.