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I cherish the relationships and friendships I have with the people in my life and take every opportunity I have to make time for them.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Cherish
Life Time Opportunity
Every Opportunity
Friendships
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I know, firsthand, that soccer brings people together - all it takes is a ball and a few people, and the seeds of friendship are planted.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Friendship
Seeds
Soccer
Together
Ball
Brings
Few
Few People
Firsthand
Planted
Takes
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I think my confidence came when I turned 30. I don't know, something about turning 30 has been unbelievable. I just feel a sense of freedom.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Unbelievable
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Everyone is an athlete. You want to go hiking, you want to go biking, you want to go jogging or for a walk? You're automatically an athlete.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Athlete
Biking
Hiking
Jogging
Automatically
Walk
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Because I don't like to play on a full stomach, I try to eat a bigger meal in the morning and less throughout the day leading up to the game.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Stomach
Meal
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Everyone makes fun of my calves. They are so big. I don't really even like them, I don't really want them as big as they are, but I have no choice.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
No Choice
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In 2005, I would have never guessed that I was at risk for a pulmonary embolism. I was 21 years-old, playing college soccer and just living the dream.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Soccer
Just Living
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When I was 6 years old, I played on a coed indoor team. We were called the Cosmos. And then, after that, when I was 7, I played on an all-girls club team.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Cosmos
Indoor
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It's a privilege and an honor to play for the national team, but I think that the training that I was in at Frankfurt was the highest level right underneath.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
National Team
Highest Level
Underneath
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I have always dreamt of going to an Olympics and watching these incredible athletes and being motivated and inspired to want to be successful in my own sport.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Olympics
Athletes
Dreamt
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Germany is where I had to become a true professional. They play in big games when they are young. We could model some of our soccer system after what they do.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Germany
Soccer
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Any kind of dance or house, remix type music, I really love that. That will really pump me up. I really love anything Beyonce - honestly, that would pump me up.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Beyonce
Remix
Love Music Me
Pump
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In college, girls would come up to me: 'I want your calves.' It just makes me laugh. I guess people pay a lot of money to have the types of bodies athletes have.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Money Me People
Money Your Me
Athletes
Bodies
Types
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In general, taking soccer out of the picture, as an American living overseas, it's so cool, and I've grown so much. Now I can look at my life from a different perspective.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Different Perspective
Perspective
Soccer
Picture
General
Life Cool Look
Grown
Overseas
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I love kids, and I really liked the idea of getting involved with something that was all about giving kids the opportunity to walk, run, or maybe even play soccer someday.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Giving
Involved
Soccer
Someday
Liked
Walk
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I love my legs because they make me powerful and they make me feel strong. They've held up ever since I was young and have helped me get where I am today and be this successful.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Legs
Powerful
Successful
Love Today I Am
Held
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No matter what job you have, even when it's one you love, it's important to take some time away, both mentally and physically, to regroup, refresh and regain good, positive energy.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Jobs
Important
Positive Energy
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I fuel up every morning, no matter if it's with a shake or a breakfast bar on the go. I eat well, but I have my cheats. I eat cookies, chips, and have a Coke, but only on days that start with S.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Breakfast
Chips
Coke
Cookies
Fuel
Morning Start Breakfast
Bar
Cheats
Shake
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When I was 6 or 7, my gymnastics coach looked at my quads and told the other coach to come over and see my quads. They were big then and still are. But I've kind of embraced it through the years.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Gymnastics
Embraced
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As a young girl, football is where I met the people who, to this day, are my best friends. It is also where I began to learn about the important relationship between hard work, teamwork, and fun.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Teamwork
Best Work Relationship
Young Girl
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I want to get good enough so I can play in Mia Hamm's golf tournament for her foundation and have an event of my own someday. I'm so competitive, I don't want to go and just pretend I'm a good golfer.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Golf
Someday
Competitive
Pretend
Event
Golf Tournament
Tournament
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If the spaces open up in the attack, then of course I'm willing to take it because I love to get involved; I love to get crosses in. I love to do combinations and just bring a different aspect to our game.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Aspect
Crosses
Attack
Combinations
Spaces
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I am super close with my brother. He is my ultimate role model. Growing up and having a family break apart, you know, when my parents divorced and things like that, it was a struggle, and all we had was each other at the time.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Brother
Divorced
Struggle
Ultimate
Apart
Family Time I Am
Model
Role Model
Super
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My dad has always played and coached, so that's what I knew. I played other sports but always turned toward soccer and had the same love for it as my father. They never forced me to play; I always wanted to. I was always around it.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Soccer
Coached
Forced
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It's always tough to play against teams that bunker or 'park the bus' inside the 18-yard box, but we always try to focus on our game and how we can overcome the obstacles that the game presents to continue to get better and score goals.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Obstacles
Score
Overcome
Bunker
Focus Game Goals
Park
Presents
Teams
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I feel like I have big thighs. My brother was always like, 'Yeah, I want big thighs! Big thighs are awesome!' And I'm like, 'Yeah, for a man!' But I've trained since I was 6 years old to play soccer, and this is just the type of body I have.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Soccer
Thighs
Awesome
Trained
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When you're at the highest point of your career at the highest level in your sport, any moment that you have these setbacks and injuries is devastating. You have to start back from zero, and you never know if you're going to get back to where you once were.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Zero
Devastating
Highest Level
Injuries
Setbacks
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In 2003, being Virginia Player of the Year was an amazing feeling because I think that was the moment I realized I could actually, really go far in my sport, and I was actually, really good at something. At that moment, I knew that I could play at a high level.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
High Level
Virginia
Amazing Feeling
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Although, at times, soccer is a challenge to mind, body, and spirit, fundamentally, the progression of the U.S. women's game and those who play it reflects a distinctively American culture, rooted in our struggle, shared aspiration, hard work and self-determination.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
American Culture
Aspiration
Hard Work
Progression
Rooted
Self Determination
Soccer
Struggle
Work Women Hard Work
Although
Challenge
Fundamentally
Reflects
Shared
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Personally, I always try to focus on the little things in my game. As a defender and attacking outside back, I continuously work on completing passes, not being too predictable going forward into the attack, good services into the box, good positioning and footwork.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Completing
Footwork
Little Things
Predictable
Work Good Focus
Work Good Always
Attack
Continuously
Defender
Passes
Positioning
Services
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I always joke to my dad and thank him for giving me this little boy body. When I was 6 or 7, my gymnastics coach looked at my quads and told the other coach to come over and see my quads. They were big then and still are. But I've kind of embraced it through the years.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Dad
Boys
Gymnastics
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I was clipped from behind, and my leg got caught between my opponent's legs. As we fell, my leg snapped. It was a spiral fracture. They had to put in a plate and five screws. It was a devastating moment: one minute I was on cloud nine, and then I was out for the season.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Caught
Legs
Nine
One Minute
Cloud
Devastating
Leg
Opponent
Plate
Snapped
Spiral
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There is something quintessentially American about the USWNT. Last-minute, dramatic finishes and technical finesse aside, the spirit of the program reflects a determination and perseverance that resonates with the deeply held belief that with hard work, anything is possible.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Anything Is Possible
Determination
Dramatic
Finesse
Last Minute
Perseverance
Work Perseverance Hard Work
Work Hard Work Determination
Aside
Work Hard Work Perseverance
Held
Reflects
Resonates
Technical
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I feel fortunate to be a part of a football community that includes leaders who recognize the power of sport to make a difference and who, like so many of my coaches, are defined not only by their knowledge but by their ability to bring out the best in every member of their teams.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Coaches
Defined
Fortunate
Difference
Sport
Make A Difference
Member
Recognize
Teams
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It's a part of my lifestyle to be healthy and eat healthy. I don't feel like I need to be like, 'You can't have this. You can't have that. You have to have this. You have to have that,' because then I feel like I will get inconsistent. I indulge when I want to, but try to be healthy every single day, too.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Inconsistent
Indulge
Lifestyle
Every Single Day
Single Day
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My dad has been my coach since I was seven years old - from 7 to 18 is when he coached my club team - and so it was always in the family. He introduced me to soccer at a young age and also kind of molded me into a good player at a young age, too. Which then I grew to love the game and be as passionate as he was.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Soccer
Young Age
Love Family Good
Coached
Introduced
Molded
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People ask me, 'What were you thinking during that game-winning penalty kick in the 2011 World Cup?' I was actually thinking absolutely nothing. I just walked up there and was so inspired by my teammates who rocked all their PKs; they just killed it. I figured I might as well do the same, or they might have my neck.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Absolutely Nothing
World Cup
Thinking World Me
Teammates
Neck
Cup
Figured
Penalty
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I always need a little something sweet after dinner. Although I try to stay pretty disciplined with my nutrition when I'm in season - my brother Kyle eats super clean and always gives me nutrition advice - when I want something, I have it because I feel like you can really get in trouble if you restrict yourself too much.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Nutrition
Disciplined
Eats
Restrict
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Try not to completely change your diet just because you read it somewhere or someone tells you it works for them. Do what is best for your body and don't think that just because everyone else is doing it that it will work for you. Know what fuels your body to be at its best, and enjoy the little things! Indulge! Cupcakes and cookies.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Diet
Cookies
Enjoy
Indulge
Little Things
Your Body
Change Best Work
Somewhere
Works
Everyone Else
Fuels
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In order for me to perform the best I can out on the field, I have to fuel my body with the proper nutrients to be able to do all the running. I'm running four or five miles every game, so it's a lot. Even at halftime, I take electrolytes and have half a peanut-butter-and-jelly or whatever is sitting there just to keep my engine running.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Fuel
Halftime
Miles
Nutrients
Best Game Me
Engine
Proper
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For me, I just set little goals for myself and stay on that kind of track and surround myself with positive people along with my teammates. I just kind of have my goals and my dreams, and this is something that we've all been working for our entire lives, so it is kind of easy to wake up and want to better myself every day towards that goal.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Surround
Teammates
Entire Lives
Just Kind
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I felt like the Germans were being mean to me at training, but they were actually just trying to help. I learned really quick - which made me a better player. I'm appreciative of the way they treated me. It's just the language and, of course, as an American, I had to learn that. No offense to them; I love them to death, and I love my teammates.
Ali Krieger / Soccer Player
Appreciative
Being Mean
Offense
Love Death Me
Teammates
Better Player
Germans
Quick
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