Playing on turf affects everything, you know, it affects the way the ball rolls, it affects the way the ball bounces, it affects the way you think about whether or not going into a slide. It’s kind of a nightmare.
Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach
Today was about execution,
Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, we’re embarrassed because that’s not the way we want to play soccer.
Abby Wambach
It’s always really challenging
It’s always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people’s feelings.
Abby Wambach
Four goals in (16)
Four goals in (16) minutes. Literally I don’t even know how that happens especially in a World Cup final.
Abby Wambach
You can do as
You can do as many sprints as you want but there’s nothing like playing in a 90-minute soccer game. There’s no better way to gain your fitness, in my opinion, than playing in consistent games. Abby Wambach
This might sound masochistic
This might sound masochistic or narcissistic‚ I don’t know‚ but when I’m not playing the game‚ the validations I feel about life are always through the hardships. I relate more to sadness‚ in a lot of ways‚ when I’m not playing.
Abby Wambach
I don’t care who
I don’t care who scores the goals, I’m going to leave my human beingness on the field!
Abby Wambach
If given a really
If given a really great chance, I’m going to put it away every single time.
Abby Wambach
I’m not going to
I’m not going to tell people how to live their life and I surely wouldn’t tell people my life is the way you should be living. People get to choose what they do want to do with their life and I appreciated that.
Abby Wambach
It’s not pressure. It’s
It’s not pressure. It’s responsibility We put it on ourselves.
Abby Wambach