London 2012 is all about winning a medal. Not just any medal, the gold medal.
My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach.
In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions.
You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.
I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.
When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.
I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.
I'm just going to embrace every experience.
I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.'
I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.
I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.
I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.
I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake.
I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person. I'm sorry.
You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.
I never wanted to go to college in the state of Washington because I was so embarrassed and ashamed of my family life. I wanted to run. That's what always what I do, I run. I run as far away as I can.
Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.
I live for competition. It makes my life complete.
My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.
L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.
