Hope Solo Quotes

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.

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

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person.

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

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

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

She [my mother] struggled, abusing alcohol for quite some time, and so we just kind of drifted apart. I went to college. But I dedicate the book to her because she is the true champion of the family. She kept our family together. She provided us with a roof over our head. She always worked.

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

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.

I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.

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

My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.

True heros are made of hard work and integrity.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You're going to look back 20 years from now and of course you're going to remember the games. But I'm going to remember seeing my family in the stands.

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.

There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

Speech is the image of actions

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

It was hard. I came to grips with a lot of difficulties that I've overcome. Each challenge kind of makes you who you are. It wasn't always a good thing. I have my own struggles in my life because of the things I was forced to overcome.

You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.

You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.

I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.

I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.

I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.

I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.

Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

I always just had a dream to spend more time with my father. But at the end of the day, my mom was the one who kept me in soccer,who kept me doing my homework, who provided me with meals on a daily basis.

People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the 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.

No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again.

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

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

I live for competition. It makes my life complete.

I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer.

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 entire purpose is trying to be the best in the game, and if that exudes beauty too, that's pretty powerful.

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.

I put all of my energy into building the game and giving women opportunities and, to put everything into it and then to be deemed selfish or not a good team player or outspoken, it's been hard. But at the same time, I'm going to get the critics and I know that.

London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.

I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.