Quotes from Alex Morgan

Ninety percent of the time, when I put on my headphones, I forget to turn on my music. Literally 10 minutes will go by before I realize that there's no music.

I always, always decide where I'm going with the ball before I take a penalty shot, stare at the ball, follow through, and never look at the place that I'm going to shoot.

There's really no secret to success. You make your own success.

It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life.

Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.

I feel like I'm always looking to continue improving myself. I'm always looking to win. I'm super competitive, so going into the Olympics, I feel like that's nothing different.

Every time you step onto the field, you have to set goals. My goals are to either score a goal, to have an assist, or to play well.

I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and you work on improving.

... Really get to know and establish relationships with your teammates because they are your new family and they will be the ones there for you when anything goes wrong.

I think a goal is a goal and not all my goals are pretty.

Messi is out of this world. Scoring 86 goals this year... In 2012. What an incredible accomplishment

My goal is to show girls that I'm fighting so they don't have to, so they don't have to fight the same battles, so they don't have to fight for wage equality or whatever it may be.