After the '96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
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And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.
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And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.
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I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.
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I played mostly games like Asteroids and Pac-Man. Today, when I go into an arcade, the games are much more difficult and complex. I don't think I could even play some of the video games that are out there today.
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I think it’s devastating when I hear a school doesn’t have the necessities to make physical education part of what a young person — male or female — gets in the school system, mainly because I know how valuable the lesson are you learn on the field that translate what I do off the field. And, I know the significant contribution that being healthy, physically fit, does for our ability to focus, pay attention, to study. Everybody’s worried about standardized testing but we don’t care that our kids are sitting on the couch playing video games and becoming complete mental mush-heads. We’re not feeding the whole person and I think that’s contributing to the decline in those test results.
- Brandi Chastain Quote (Workout Mommy)

I think it’s changing. I saw a picture of Dara Torres on the from page of The New York Times yesterday in a beautiful black gown. There is nothing about her that is not athletic and not incredibly well shaped and strong and fit and yet look at how incredibly beautiful she looks. I have two sons. One is a junior in college and he has body image issues, too. I don’t think this is particular to girls. It’s more hidden for boys because they don’t talk about it. But I think things are changing. The female athlete is becoming more mainstream. I see it on these prime-time shows. I can definitely tell Brooke Shields has been working out. She’s got some tone and definition in her arms. You never saw that before. So I think it’s gradually changing to more that athletic body.
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I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch.
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I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.
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I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me.
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I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.
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Julie, Mia and I just met for a couple days, doing some work but really under the guise of having fun. We do events like the Women's Sports Foundation Dinner, where we get to not only do a good thing for the community but we get to hang out with one another again.
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My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.
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Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.
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So along with that is spending a lot of time with the ball. For me it was, I loved to juggle the ball in my front yard, and I always challenged myself - how many juggles can I get today? I think for players to get better, it's just about spending the time.
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The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.
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To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.
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Well there are two things: Number one is, make sure you always enjoy yourself, because when you enjoy yourself, you'll learn, you'll want more information, you'll push yourself.
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When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.
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You have to be willing to accept the information, you have to be willing to work hard. You have to be motivated to go to practice with an open mind. You have to be willing to be criticized. Only you can do those things.
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