Abby Wambach Quotes

Abby Wambach is a retired professional soccer player and one of the most accomplished female footballers in history. As a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, Wambach won numerous accolades, including Olympic gold medals and the FIFA Women's World Cup. Her remarkable goal-scoring record and leadership qualities have made her an inspiration to aspiring athletes around the world.

My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just kept challenging me and challenging me.

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.

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.

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.

I would trade all the individual awards I've won f... -Abby Wambach

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

Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, an... -Abby Wambach

Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.

This might sound masochistic or narcissistic, I don't know, but when I'm not playing the game, the validations I feel about life are always through the hardships. I relate more to sadness, in a lot of ways, when I'm not playing.

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.... -Abby Wambach

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.

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The quote states that Hope Solo, presumably a person, is highly competitive in nature, suggesting a strong drive to succeed and win.

My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion.... -Abby Wambach

My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion.

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.

As an athlete, you are literally programmed to end... -Abby Wambach

As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.

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 really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy tim... -Abby Wambach

I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.

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 hope we can get to a point where women players are being paid properly all around the world so the only thing they have to worry about is playing football and playing football alone.

I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.

I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me.

2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.

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 always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

I think I take on a little more responsibility whe... -Abby Wambach

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

As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turnin... -Abby Wambach

As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.

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

When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what's going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.

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

From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my own age group. So, she moved me over to play with the boys' travel soccer team when I was about 11 years old.

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs ... -Abby Wambach

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a ... -Abby Wambach

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.

If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.

I think making the referee aware of a situation, t... -Abby Wambach

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.

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