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  • I think my soccer career has taught me a lot about being a woman.

  • I think that it's really great that we play a team sport

  • and everybody brings something different to the table.

  • Everybody brings different strengths.

  • That's what makes teamwork and

  • really that's kinda what makes our world amazing and beautiful.

  • It's cool that there's days like International Women's Day that

  • give us opportunity to reflect on the bigger picture

  • of being a woman and an athlete and

  • I'm really excited to be a part of this whole experience and journey and

  • hopefully be a part of history

  • and this league will continue to stay around for a long time.

  • My career in soccer has taught me that I can push myself past limits

  • that I never thought I could surpass.

  • Being a woman has taught me how to empower myself and others through my sport.

  • Being a soccer player has redefined what I think it means to be a woman.

  • You know, these kind of, I think gender and roles and stereotypes

  • that people try to place on people,

  • we go out and every single day and show that, you know, we're just as

  • tough as the boys, physical as the boys.

  • You know our pain tolerance is just as high as the boys, maybe even a little bit higher.

  • But it's that idea that we can do anything and there are no limits.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me that

  • as a woman, I can do anything.

  • You know I think from a young age there was never anything I felt I couldn't do.

  • And I think that if one little girl looks at us and know that too,

  • my job is done. You know our job is done. So,

  • I think it's just an incredible opportunity to show the world that

  • we're capable of so much. And you know

  • I think in the next ten years, you're going to see a lot more women doing a lot more badass things.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me that no one should be underestimated

  • being a woman. That we all come here for the same purpose.

  • We are competitors. We want to win and we're doing whatever it takes

  • to follow our dreams and I think that's a great thing about being a woman and an athlete.

  • Being a soccer player has taught me that women can lead.

  • You can push yourself to your limits. I think

  • that many times women get discouraged and I think that this is

  • an awesome opportunity, as a soccer player or an athlete, just

  • to push your own limits and show you can do anything you set your mind to

  • and you can reach goals and I think the biggest thing is getting the youth

  • into the game and showing them that honestly any dream is not too big.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me to be assertive and vocal in soccer.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me that being a woman means you can be anything you want to be.

  • You can be fierce, strong, competitive

  • also girly and feminine, but all can come under one thing

  • and soccer is an awesome expression in making it what you want to be.v

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me

  • that anything is possible and just because I'm a woman,

  • doesn't deter me any less from achieving what I want to achieve

  • and be successful.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me how to deal with multiple types of diversity.

  • My favorite thing I've learned about being a woman through being a soccer player is

  • just learning that there are no limits.

  • I think when you find your "why", the thing that drives you,

  • you can be pushed to achieve anything that you want to achieve.

  • I think you're going to encounter a lot of barriers as a woman in sports

  • and as a woman in general

  • and my favorite thing that I've learned and witnessed throughout my career is

  • that when you find that thing, your Northern Star, that thing that's driving you,

  • you can achieve anything that you want to achieve.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me

  • to be a strong, independent, and confident woman.

  • My career as a soccer player has taught me about being a woman that

  • I am adaptable to pretty much anything.

  • My soccer journey has taken me through highs and lows.

  • So after the sport, I mean obviously can't play forever sadly,

  • I know I'm ready for whatever comes my way.

  • Being a female athlete, it just shows we can do anything that the males can do.

  • We're powerful, we're strong. We can still inspire boys and girls.

  • And it's nice to be looked up to and

  • just to be a female and have that word "athlete" after it is pretty cool.

I think my soccer career has taught me a lot about being a woman.

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