You have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.
Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too?
While I was playing football in the U.S., I learnt to play the guitar, and I'm picking it up again now.
When things don't happen in my life, I believe that I've been pushed into another path for a reason, and there's a bigger picture.
When I was younger, my food and fitness were less controlled - I just loved football.
When I started, when I was eight, I never thought I would make a career out of being a woman footballer.
When I played for Boston Breakers in my early twenties, I really stepped up my training, which meant running drills until you're sick.
We need to give our goalkeepers the same level of training that we've given to our outfield players.
The U.S.A. Have a 'football arrogance,' which means winning is in their DNA - nothing else is good enough.
The knockout games of a major tournament are when you see players' true characters.
The first one is your first World Cup, so you go into it with a lot of pressure, trying to take it all in, but you are just so focused.
The enjoyment of playing football gave me a positive pathway, but I could have taken a very different path.
Putting the need of your team above personal self-interest is a difficult thing to do.
Not everyone agrees. If you disagree with me, I want you to tell me, and I'm going to come back and tell you why it's my opinion.
No matter what happens to our game, money won't be a motivation for me.
As a pundit, I have to tell the truth. I think players will respect that. Well, I hope they do.
It's no secret that I love dancing and music.
If a player wants to be the best, then they also need to give themselves a talking-to. You need to look inwards.
I don't want to be regarded as a female pundit. I'm a pundit.
I've been in football since I was eight. Of course I know what I'm talking about.
I don't get wrapped up in the politics of going down to win a penalty or getting an opponent sent off.
I love music - in my playing days, I was always the team DJ.
I was in charge of the music in every team I played for, and that is a huge responsibility, believe me!
I knew that, to be the best right-back in the world, I had to improve my fitness so I could run up and down constantly for 90 minutes.
