Quotes from Abby Wambach

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.

I would love to be a mum if I'm blessed to have children. My wife and I have those plans.

I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all the blood, sweat and tears. It feels right and makes you realise that you are really doing the right thing.

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.

Winning, you can overlook so many things.

The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.

If given a really great chance, I'm going to put it away every single time.

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

Considering retirement is like skirting with the reality of what's to come, and I think that's why so many athletes decide to do more introspection at that point.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.

If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you.

When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying.

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.

Nobody is offered a World Cup.

At the most elite level, your nutrition becomes a lifestyle: it's not something you have to do when you're preparing for Olympic games or World Cup games - you just do it. You're more inclined to eat healthier because it's better for your muscles.