Whether I'm running up and down the field or running errands, I make it a point to ensure that my skin is protected.
I always want to take on the giants.
I haven't had many injuries, and I know that's because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.
Wherever I am, I always do yoga every day. I think it's so important for my physical health in sport.
On game days, I do yoga as just a really short routine. It's more to warm up and to calm down in the morning.
The speed of life that top American athletes have is boom-boom-boom, and I'm a lot slower. I look before I cross, you know?
There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.
I want barriers to be broken down for women.
Winning and losing isn't what's important. The attempt at success and getting to your best self is what matters.
As a professional athlete, part of my job is to make sure I'm consuming high quality nutrients.
I meditate daily, and I think it's sort of a life skill.
I always want to keep my skin clean when I get up in the morning, and I use sunscreen before I go out to the field.
When I'm home, I like to plan out all of my workout routines and all of my eating for the whole week.
When I was able to better live in the moment that I was in, I think that it really freed me.
The tremendous honor of playing on the world stage is even more rewarding when I am able to use my accomplishments to help others.
If you win games, at the top, there's no pressure to change. You change when you have to change. You change when you don't win anymore.
I've never been cold during a big game. It's the adrenaline. You're always moving.
I kind of felt like I was never good enough. I always wanted more.
While I don't know if I exist in the land of the elite, I'm definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.
In my time abroad, I learned to become a more complete player.
Of course I have other passions and other interests, but soccer's always my priority.
No Tinder, no Match, nothing. I don't mind going up to people when I'm out. I have a better chance of getting a read on them that way.
I'm 100 percent a byproduct of my sport. I always tell my teammates that I only have muscles where they get to play.
It took me a while to learn, but we are allowed to make mistakes and have flaws.
I've always preferred a 4-3-3. It's a more fluid and dynamic system, and I think it plays to my strengths better.
It's something special being able to build a program up.
We want more opportunities for women's players throughout the world.
