Quotes from Mia Hamm

Success breeds success.

I make a lot of mistakes, too, and I'm constantly re-evaluating how I'm doing things and trying to be better every day, whether it's as a mom or taking care of myself.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be fun.

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

I got to experience soccer at the highest level at a young age I decided I wanted to be part of that for as long as possible.

The power of the mind is an incredible thing, one that can never be underestimated.

Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I just might be.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

You don't just want to beat a team. You want to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see your face again.

Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.

I am a member of the team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down, and I will not let myself down.

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

true champions arent always the ones that win,but those with the most guts.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it." Mia Hamm quote

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal.

If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.

The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.