I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and you work on improving. Alex Morgan More Quotes by Alex Morgan More Quotes From Alex Morgan You should never be afraid of looking athletic or building too much muscle. Alex Morgan looking never you building It's so easy to lose your fitness and so hard to gain it back. Alex Morgan lose back easy fitness I love yoga. There's a lot of stretching involved, which helps with my flexibility and injury prevention. Vinyasa is my favorite as a recovery tool and for me to continue having my legs feel good. Alex Morgan feel good me love There's really no secret to success. You make your own success. Alex Morgan your own you success I want young girls to dream about being professional soccer players instead of just watching the boys go out and play. Alex Morgan professional dream want play It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life. Alex Morgan your you girl life I feel the most confident when I'm comfortable in workout clothes with my hair up in a ponytail. Alex Morgan confident feel clothes hair After I got my gold medal, I thought, 'This isn't just me. It belongs to my team, my friends, my family, the fans, everybody who's impacted my life - this is our gold medal.' So when someone asks to try it on, I'm like, 'Sure, why not?' I might be a little too relaxed about it, but why would I keep it to myself? Alex Morgan myself me family life I rarely felt or noticed any real divide between girls and boys when I was growing up. Maybe it was because I was so involved in sports and competed with the boys. Maybe it was my mom and dad, who constantly instilled confidence in me and never made me feel as though there were boy activities and girl activities. Alex Morgan me confidence girl sports I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other. Alex Morgan think trust team sports What I really appreciate is the people who come up and say, 'Thank you for representing our country.' Alex Morgan you appreciate thank-you people My workouts are mostly interval-based, so I'm never running at a constant speed. I'm always switching it up because I don't want my body getting used to one thing in particular. Alex Morgan never speed body want One thing I'm proud to do like a girl is represent my country in the Olympics and at the highest level, at the highest platform that I can. Alex Morgan i-can proud girl country I want to know I made women's soccer better than it was when I came into it. Alex Morgan better know women want I always, always decide where I'm going with the ball before I take a penalty shot, stare at the ball, follow through, and never look at the place that I'm going to shoot. Alex Morgan follow place never look To force a change, sometimes you need to stand up. You know what you're worth - rather than what your employer is paying you. Alex Morgan stand-up you change sometimes It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it was to see women play sports on TV. Alex Morgan women home sports thinking I certainly don't feel like I have the perfect body type... It's through your own eyes. And for every female, you're going to see flaws in that; you're going to see flaws regardless. So for me, it's just important to have that confidence and self-esteem no matter what body type you have. Alex Morgan eyes me you confidence People know there's more than one side to me. You can have beauty and brains and athletic ability. You can switch up the cleats for heels once in a while. You can do both. Alex Morgan me you beauty people The head-banging music gives me a headache. Katy Perry is fun, Rihanna, old-school '90s hip-hop. Salt-N-Pepa. I like listening to that. Get the nerves out before the games. Alex Morgan me music listening fun
