Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that was a record number.

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs.

The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.

Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.

Every time I step in between those lines, I'm in the zone. If you get between me and the ball, you might get smashed a couple times. Things happen, plays happen.

I'm a competitor. No matter what I'm doing, whether I'm golfing, whether I'm playing indoor soccer with my fiancé - he's not going to get by me. I'm going to try to do whatever I can to win.

I'm honest. If people aren't putting in the effort, I will definitely let them know because I think that that can only help them.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't human and tears weren't rolling down my face and I wasn't pissed and I wasn't angry. There are lots of times that those emotions come out in my career.

I think that I'm just on such a mission with my career that you don't really get to stop and think about your jersey number too often.

The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year.

It ends when you’re ready for a new beginning.

Small streams of hatred can quickly lead to unstoppable, horrific things, so [people] should stand up to any type of persecution or discrimination, whether bullying or malicious gossip.

Where you are today is where you're from tomorrow.

A big reason why I started writing is I felt that fiction had stopped evolving. All other entertainments were getting better, constantly, as technology allowed. Movies. Video games. Music.

No matter how much it's growing, the Internet still is a pretty specific demographic. It doesn't necessarily represent the general populace.

Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.

I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and thats very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.

When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for the jerk who hurt you. That's his mama's job.

We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.

To all the worryworts out there who said super PACs were going to lead to a cabal of billionaires secretly buying democracy: wrong! They are publicly buying democracy.