Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

Its not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.

I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total Tomboy and athlete as a girl, but never having a lack of opportunity.

When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every so often, I live for that, I live for that challenge.

To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.