I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age; I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing.

Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them