I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes. Hope Solo More Quotes by Hope Solo More Quotes From Hope Solo There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work. Hope Solo feel-good hard-work play I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships. Hope Solo stronger personality thinking If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone's expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence. Hope Solo dream football soccer True heros are made of hard work and integrity. Hope Solo hard-work hero integrity I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal. Hope Solo the-end-of-the-day journey winning I don't need a captain's band to lead a team to victory. Hope Solo victory team needs One thing I’ve learned through all the ups and downs is that if you’re doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire, and you know that if they’re on your side, you’re doing something right. Hope Solo your-side groups people 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. Hope Solo athlete opportunity thinking My life is a beautiful struggle. Hope Solo struggle life-is beautiful There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself. Hope Solo being-yourself personality trying I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal. Hope Solo taken loss jobs Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what's in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don't see. Hope Solo who-i-am heart believe I couldn't have been a great goalkeeper without power, agility and quickness. Hope Solo goalkeepers agility solo I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that. Hope Solo stealing proud who-i-am I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn't good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer. Hope Solo growing-up soccer kids No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don't want to feel that feeling again. Hope Solo hurt want feelings I live for competition. It makes my life complete. Hope Solo competition You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect. Hope Solo disrespect speak people It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt. Hope Solo grain-of-salt salt one-step-at-a-time My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it. Hope Solo knowing goal winning
