Quotes from Mia Hamm

It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing.

I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.

Celebrate what you have accomplished but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

Go for the Goal!

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... We were just like you".

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

Anson Dorrance ... left me a short, encouraging note: "The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is watching.

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.

The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

Each day I attempted to play up to their level... and I was improving faster than I ever dreamed possible.

My coach said I run like a girl. And I said if he ran a little faster he could too. - Mia Hamm

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

All my life I've been playing up, meaning I've challenged myself with players older, bigger, more skillful, more experienced -- in short, better than me.