162 Quotes by Hope Solo

When I did ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ everyone in Hollywood was saying I had too much muscle.

I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what’s in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don’t see.

In front of the world, all of a sudden I’m a great athlete and I’m put into an environment with 25 other women and I’m expected to go to team meals, team functions.

No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don’t want to feel that feeling again.

Of course Seattle loves soccer. You can see from the men’s Seattle Sounders team.

I don’t just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You’re going to look back 20 years from now and of course you’re going to remember the games. But I’m going to remember seeing my family in the stands.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that’s when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

You’re not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don’t speak the truth to put people down; I don’t speak the truth to show disrespect.