Quotes by Hope Solo

About Hope Solo:

Hope Amelia Stevens is an American soccer goalkeeper and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. She has been goalkeeping for the United States women's national soccer team since 2000. After playing at the collegiate level for the University of Washington, she played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). When the WUSA folded after her first season, she traveled to Europe to play for the top division leagues in Sweden and France. From 2009 to 2011, she played in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Saint Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat and magicJack. After the WPS ceased operations in early 2012, she played for the Seattle Sounders in the W-League. She currently plays for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
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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 r...

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I live for competition. It makes my life complete.

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My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

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I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.

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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.

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My life is a beautiful struggle.

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I think people who don't have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.

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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.

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All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

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It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.

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My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

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I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.

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My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.

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I love pedicures. And, yes, I have a ton of shoes.

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You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.

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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.

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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.

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I take everything with a grain of salt.

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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.

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My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out.

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Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.

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Author Bio

  • NameHope Solo
  • DescriptionAmerican female soccer goal keeper
  • BornJuly 30, 1981
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAssociation Football Player; Goalkeeper