“I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.” — Abby Wambach Quote

I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.

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.

We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.

I despise stereotypes. A gay man can be a macho athlete, or he can be an interior designer or any career in between.

I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete's foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I'd rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don't feel superstitious about it.

I always wanted to be an athlete growing up.

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust.