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Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe
American Athlete
Born: Jul 5, 1985
Country Gay Me People Think You
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To say I am not mentally tired in ways and exhausted in ways would be a lie. Megan Rapinoe
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I have chosen to kneel because I simply cannot stand for the kind of oppression this country is allowing against its own people. Megan Rapinoe
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When we, as a nation, put our minds to something, when we truly choose to care about something, change always happens. Megan Rapinoe
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I feel like it's actually everybody's responsibility to use whatever platform they have to do good in the world, basically, and to try to make our society better, whether you're an accountant or an activist or an athlete or whatever it is. I think it's everybody's responsibility. Megan Rapinoe
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Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it. Megan Rapinoe
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I was made exactly the way I was meant to be made in who I am and my personality and the way I was born. Megan Rapinoe
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Some people play best when they're frustrated and mad. I play my best when I'm happy. I really, truly do. Megan Rapinoe
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I think our team kind of strives on weirdness sometimes. We have that 'rah-rah, rally' sort of American mentality that we can all kind of get around. Megan Rapinoe
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You have someone like Colin or many of the other athletes who have knelt, especially athletes of colour, and if you're not respecting what they're saying, if you're not believing their charges of police brutality or racial inequality, you're saying that they're lying. Megan Rapinoe
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I take playing for my country very seriously. It's a huge honor. Megan Rapinoe
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For the record, I am gay. Megan Rapinoe
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I don't think there's any perfect way to protest. Megan Rapinoe
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It seems like I'm thinking 400 hours a day; that's kind of how it feels. Megan Rapinoe
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Everyone who has a pair of eyes in this country understands the racial tensions and the issues we have are very serious and they're not going away. Just because we had Barack Obama as our president and, on paper, everything looks equal, it's very clearly not. Megan Rapinoe
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Putting yourself out there is hard, but it's so worth it. I don't think anyone who has ever spoken out, or stood up or had a brave moment, has regretted it. It's empowering and confidence-building and inspiring. Not only to other people, but to yourself. Megan Rapinoe
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I'm a pretty open book, so not being out publicly felt inauthentic. Hopefully we can get to a point where your personal life isn't anybody else's business, but until then, it's less about people having to know about your sexuality than standing up for what's right and fighting for equality. Megan Rapinoe
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I think it's absolutely absurd that we're playing on turf, and it's really a slap in the face to women's football by FIFA and just a show of disrespect. Megan Rapinoe
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It's really obvious that we have very serious inequality in this country across many different spectrums. Yes, we can talk about the form of protest or the way it's done or this or that. But it's still not really the conversation that I think we desperately need to have more of in this country. Megan Rapinoe
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I think we need to keep our faces out there and to keep our game out there and keep it growing. Megan Rapinoe
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If there's one thing this team doesn't lack, it's competitiveness and a desire to win. No matter if we come off a win or come off a loss, it seems like we don't really care. We're always motivated to win. Megan Rapinoe
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We need a more substantive conversation around race relations and the way people of color are treated. Megan Rapinoe
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I'm totally obsessed with Tilda Swinton. She has this strange, beautiful sexiness about her. I love everything she does. And I love her hair. It was a little bit of an inspiration for mine. Megan Rapinoe
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Some guy in Germany has my face tattooed on the back of his calf. That was wild. It was a decent tattoo job, but that's kind of weird for me. Megan Rapinoe
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I would say it's part tomboy, part hipster, definitely part want-to-be-very-comfortable. Fashion is a way for me to express myself. I guess I'm vain in that sense. It's not a bad thing. Megan Rapinoe
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I've always been a risk taker. Growing up, I had a lot of freedom and room to roam and do what I wanted, and I think that's a huge part of my game. Megan Rapinoe
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With the national team, we have these fans, people love of us, people come up to us in our cities, and they're like, 'We love you - what are you doing in Seattle?' And I'm like, 'I live here, and I've played here for the last five years.' Megan Rapinoe
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