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Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime.

~Abby Wambach

Topics: Burn Generally Going Halftime How Players Replace Soccer Stores Those Through You

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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.

~Abby Wambach

Topics: Decisions Get Girl Looking Making Making Decisions More Need Older Opportunity Positions Powerful She Up Want Wants Whatever Women Wondering

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I don't know if I found soccer or if soccer found me. Especially because when I was younger, I was doing it, in a lot of ways, because I wanted the attention of my mom and dad.

~Abby Wambach

Topics: Attention Because Dad Doing Found Know Lot Me Mom Mom And Dad Soccer Wanted Ways Younger

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When you're younger and traveling and visiting new countries and cities, that stuff is exciting; it's flashy, it's shiny, but I always had this separation between who I was as a person and who I was as a player.

~Abby Wambach

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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.

~Abby Wambach

Topics: Always Balance Being Hard Human Human Being Me More Person Player Really Than Think Wanted I Think

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It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.

~Abby Wambach

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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.

~Abby Wambach

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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.

~Abby Wambach

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

~Abby Wambach

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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.

~Abby Wambach

Topics: Biggest International Lights Mean Play Something Stage Want You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: June 2nd, 1980

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