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I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy. Abby Wambach

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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game. Abby Wambach

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes. Abby Wambach

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I'm not in the business of politics. Abby Wambach

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I can't speak for other people, but for me, I feel like gone are the days that you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in a closet. I never did. I always felt comfortable with who I am and the decisions I made. Abby Wambach

As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain. Abby Wambach

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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side. Abby Wambach

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I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success. Abby Wambach

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During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective. Abby Wambach

One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing. Abby Wambach

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My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be. Abby Wambach

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People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played. Abby Wambach

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It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings. Abby Wambach

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My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow. Abby Wambach

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I have a unique ability to predict the flight of the ball, and my teammates have a unique ability to find me. Abby Wambach

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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself. Abby Wambach

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When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured. Abby Wambach

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If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you. Abby Wambach

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I hope we can get to a point where women players are being paid properly all around the world so the only thing they have to worry about is playing football and playing football alone. Abby Wambach

I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right. Abby Wambach

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I'm going to do anything I can do - whether that's being part of FIFA or creating some sort of movement that can actually impart real equality across all lines - in every country, every city, every sector all over the world, that's what I'm going to do. Abby Wambach

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