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I love pace. I love it.
I am a sensitive person.
A win's a win in a World Cup.
World Cups are about winning.
What I've always valued is people.
I just love the sport, love the game.
Our intent is to attack for 90 minutes.
I think I'm just a naturally curious person.
World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.
I haven't seen many pretty games in a World Cup.
There's always things you can refine and polish.
Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?
I don't have to talk about critics - I don't care.
I have a lot of fond memories of my life in England.
What soccer and coaching gave me was sort of a stage.
It's fascinating to me how they build bridges or tunnels.
I get a text every day from my dad: 'Enjoy the challenge.'
To be respectful to opponents is to play hard against them.
Every game you play, you gain. There's always valuable lessons.
You coach to coach. You don't coach to satisfy media, satisfy fans.
We need people in the game to be honest, to call things as they are.
My dad's always had an unbelievable, positive attitude about everything.
I'm an American except when I'm in the supermarket or at the candy store.
What I know about Ali Krieger is no moment is ever going to be too big for her.
You have to be able to adjust with the moment, whether it's an injury, a result.
I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.
I took a $40k pay cut to leave my technical copywriter job and work for $6k a year.
From my perception, listen: the game is different on turf, but it's the same for everybody.
You have to pay the same amount of detail regardless of opponent when so much is on the line.
My own personal opinion is putting three finals in one day isn't supporting the women's game.
My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.
I was just fortunate to move to the States and have an opportunity to play organized football.
Any player playing at a high level is available for consideration to the women's national team.
I have a tremendous staff around me. It's a really good family vibe in terms of our environment.
When we went into 2015, we had our way of playing, and we were fairly rigid in what we were doing.
I grew up playing with boys in the yard and my brother in the backyard and boys in the schoolyard.
If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.
Player X might be the best outside back, but does that player help the best wide player be as good?
I think every time I'm with the team, even in a World Cup, as a coach, you're constantly evaluating.
Something you look at when you go into a World Cup is your depth and your players that change the game.
One of the things we recognized coming out of 2015 is we had to get more and more high-level competition.
Ultimately, if you can have a very cohesive and tight unit, it obviously will pay dividends down the line.
I think people get hung up on starters and 11s, and that number kind of rings through a lot of media's heads.
The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.
The players do their thing on the pitch, and there's a lot of young women or former players that want to coach.
We have to get to a point in this country where our top players are seeking out the most challenging environments.
These countries - Spain, France, Germany - have environments that are really geared toward the professional player.
It's incumbent on you to play games outside your region that will really test you. That's important to keep your edge.
When you go through a tournament of seven games, there are peaks and valleys. You kind of ride the players that are hot.
You can do a lot of breakdown on games you played, but the takeaways from games you've played has to be on what's in front of you.