Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm is an American association football player, born on March 17, 1972, in Selma.
Her education took her first to Lake Braddock Secondary School and then to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she continued her development as a footballer. That academic path ran alongside a competitive career that would bring her national and institutional recognition in the years that followed.
Among the honors she has received are the Honda Sports Award for Soccer and induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame. These distinctions reflect a career measured in formal recognition as much as in the game itself.
Association football has remained the defining thread of Hamm's public identity, the discipline through which her achievements have been catalogued and commemorated.
Quotes by Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm's insights on:
Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together. And the great thing about a scramble, there’s less pressure because you don’t feel like every shot has to be your shot.
Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They’re about the relationships we have with each other.
Chicken, brown rice, and veggies is a great healthy dinner option. It’s full of whole grains and protein, and will keep you full for a long time.
Soccer isn’t very social. Plus, if you don’t like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.
I know I wouldn’t be here, and all of us wouldn’t be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made – not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.
I don’t want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don’t want to live in the past – I want to live now!
I’m a part of a team, and I’m no better or any worse than any single player on this team. That’s the approach I’ve always had and will continue to have. It’s not about me. It has never been all about me. If it had, this would have been a really lonely journey.
Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn’t. Sure, there are games I’m going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn’t mean I give up.