As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables. Carli Lloyd More Quotes by Carli Lloyd More Quotes From Carli Lloyd 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. Carli Lloyd giving-uphard-workpeople You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs. Carli Lloyd dig-deepdoubtersfighting The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything. Carli Lloyd persevereharderable Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there. Carli Lloyd worthwhilekindlife-is You can be angry and pissed off at the coach and put your head down and pout. Or you can rise above it, respect the decision, but also know that you're going to go and work that much harder and prove everybody wrong. And that's the road that I chose. Carli Lloyd pissed-offdown-anddecision There's no reason that young girls shouldn't feel like they can't smash people on the field. Nothing dirty. You want to keep it clean. You just want to play hard. Get your jersey dirty, shorts dirty, and just have fun out there. Carli Lloyd girlfundirty Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough. And I'm trying to earn my spot on the team. I'm trying to earn a starting spot. I'm trying to become a complete midfielder who attacks, who defends. So that's the mindset. Carli Lloyd teamplaydirty When I first met him [James Galanis], he just said, "Look, if you want to be a professional soccer player, if you want to make the national team, you have to do everything possible to work hard. You’ve got to put it number one." Carli Lloyd teamhard-worksoccer 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. Carli Lloyd ballscoupleplay I kind of play like a guy. I don't hold grudges. I don't get dramatic with things. If somebody slide tackles me in training and we leave the field, I'm still talking to them. I think that there's very few of us out there that can just take confrontation, and if you've got an issue with something, you can go to that person and say it. Carli Lloyd playtalkingthinking I don't get too upset or bent out of shape from things that go on on the field. But I think that you always want to try to keep it classy. You don't want to do any stupid fouls, and sometimes - sometimes the game gets to you; people react differently. Carli Lloyd stupidgamesthinking 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. Carli Lloyd winningtryingsoccer I'm hearing in youth sports where you're not allowed to post scores of games online; everybody's gotta get a trophy. I mean, that's ridiculous. If you're a winner, you're a winner and you get a trophy. If you got second place, you don't get anything. Carli Lloyd gamessportsmean 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. Carli Lloyd effortpeoplethinking 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. Carli Lloyd careerstearslying 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. Carli Lloyd careersnumbersthinking The end goal is to become FIFA Women's Player of the Year. Carli Lloyd goalplayeryears 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. Carli Lloyd winningnumbersthinking I'm not going to lie and sugarcoat it : It was absolutely the worst time of my life, it really was the rock bottom of my entire career. Carli Lloyd sports I want to try it. I want to put a helmet on, I want to put pads on, I want to kick with two steps. And then see from there. Carli Lloyd sports
