63 Quotes by Becky Sauerbrunn

As a defender, how much ground I cover isn't up to me. I'm defending against a forward, so her movement determines my movement.

I'm naturally competitive, and I always want to win and always want to help our team win. So I always want to be on the field.

Even when matches don't work out the way you planned, you've always got to stay strong in defence; it's a matter of willpower and intelligence.

If you've done the work, done the training sessions, when you go into these games, you should feel ready. All you can ask is, 'Did you do your best, and try your best,' and then what happens, happens.

If they don't score, we can't lose.

Anything you train can be improved upon. If you do it over and over again, your body is going to remember these moves and not be surprised in the game.

The way I play, it's very much more a mental game than a physical game. I'm looking for space and where are players leaving space. Defensively, where are we at numerical disadvantages? Do I shift more to the left because they have more players on their right side? It's about reading the game before the game happens.

Defenders don't really get any sort of notoriety or anything like that.

I've never been the tallest or the strongest or the fastest. But I'd like to think that I can read the game well enough, that I can position myself well enough, that I can level the playing field when it comes to physical differences. When it comes to height, whoever wants the ball more is going to win it.