Quotes from Christen Press

I don't really own a lot of makeup. Usually, though, I don't leave the house without mascara. That is so essential for me. I love playing with lip color, too. I'm just really basic.

I'm so excited to be a Coppertone brand ambassador because as an athlete, taking care of my body is a huge part of my job, and sunscreen is a vital part of that.

While I don't know if I exist in the land of the elite, I'm definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.

I'm a dreamer, and I'm a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that's hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.

No Tinder, no Match, nothing. I don't mind going up to people when I'm out. I have a better chance of getting a read on them that way.

I want barriers to be broken down for women.

Everyone, especially athletes and fans everywhere, need to make sunscreen and sun protection a priority.

I always want to keep my skin clean when I get up in the morning, and I use sunscreen before I go out to the field.

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.

The American professional schedule gives players a six-month off-season, so many of us have become pickup regulars while training without an organized team.

I think my most happy and carefree state was 2012 because I really did say, 'Forget everything. I'm going to play for myself.'

I love Chicago. I think it's an amazing city.

I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games.

I gave up on the national team - I thought to myself, 'Well, that's just not something that's going to happen for me.' The national team was in residency camp; I was 6,000 miles away. Nobody was watching, nobody cared... I'm just going to go play for myself and my team and try to be great... and I had more fun than I'd have ever had.

If I simply stay in that moment on the pitch and read the game, I can do so much more.

I think the American sports culture has the idea that professional athletes need so much, like flying private planes, which obviously we don't, but that's the American sports culture when they think of the NFL and the NBA.

I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.

When I went to Sweden, I sort of found out who I was.

In the U.S., my whole life, I felt like I had to be the best and score more goals and run with more fitness so I could be the one in the limelight. I think that when I went to Sweden, I found the joy of being part of a team and contributing to everybody's success.

I think, a lot of my career and my life before I went to Sweden, I felt like I was trying to be someone else.

My first year with Gothenburg was the most carefree because I was playing on a middle-of-the-table team in Sweden. It was a lot less of the global attention.

When I started playing in Sweden, there was nobody watching. No one knew who I was, so I was just playing for the love of the game. And after my first season, my coach came up to me and said, 'Of all the people you're the one who smiles the most on the field,' and that was the biggest compliment I ever received.

I have crazy, curly, big hair, so,if I have time to try to make myself look presentable, I usually spend it doing my hair.

I haven't had many injuries, and I know that's because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.