On Hope Quotes

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.

When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.

You know how a lot of people say they could go crazy? Well, I feel I live very close to that line.

It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world.

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work.

I'm way too disorganized.

I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl.

Storytelling is what lights my fire.

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film.

I get to play a lot of hysterics.

I'm a New Yorker, and I rarely get to work at home.

I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much.

I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child.

But I think Hillary Clinton is one of the most amazing women of this time.

I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged. If I couldn't survive there, I would have no place else to go.

New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.

The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble.

My parents were in the studio when we cut 'Let Me Try' and every time I sang it they started crying, ... I finally had to ask them to leave because I couldn't sing it while they were crying.

I've always been a fan of Justin Timberlake.

You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.

I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

I think we need to be a bit more proactive. Let's not just talk about availability of sports, let's make the facilities more accessible to kids and make them want to come along.

I have no personal beef with Brandi Chastain. There's nothing personal.

I'm just going to embrace every experience.

I know that I'm breaking down barriers. And I know that in the end I'm doing a great thing.

My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.

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.

My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle.

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.

I burn so many calories when I work out that I don't really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.

I am going to be a professional soccer player.

On a global stage, I have respect in the goalkeeping world.

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008.

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 truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.

A lot of people think I'm naturally confident. I am not naturally confident!

It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

[My mother] was the strength of our family, and I didn't realize that until I got a little bit older.

I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.'