Carli Lloyd
4 quotes
"If you have a dream, it's definitely achievable through hard work, through dedication, sacrifice, everything."
"It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before."
"In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight."
"Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths."