I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.
I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.
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.
You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.
You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.
I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake.
I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.
You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.
I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.
I had made a vow to never stay in my home state to play, I wanted to go as far East Coast as possible, more or less to get away from my family life. I ended up staying in my home state and fell in love with it. I ended up having a beautiful relationship with my family over time and it was the best decision I've ever made.
When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.
A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!
One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say.
I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.
It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.
L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.
It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.
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.
