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Serena Williams is my sports idol.
I always want to take on the giants.
I want barriers to be broken down for women.
I love Chicago. I think it's an amazing city.
When I went to Sweden, I sort of found out who I was.
I meditate daily, and I think it's sort of a life skill.
It's something special being able to build a program up.
In my time abroad, I learned to become a more complete player.
It's really special to play with your friends for your country.
I've stayed away from the actual L.A. scene for most of my life.
I'm very blessed, thankful, grateful for the opportunities I've had.
The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.
I think that during college, I would say I did not enjoy playing soccer.
Stanford's an amazing, amazing school. It was an extraordinary soccer program.
It took me a while to learn, but we are allowed to make mistakes and have flaws.
I'm very organized. I have my day-to-day schedule, every 15 minutes, written out.
I've never been cold during a big game. It's the adrenaline. You're always moving.
Of course I have other passions and other interests, but soccer's always my priority.
I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games.
When I was able to better live in the moment that I was in, I think that it really freed me.
I didn't have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.
As a professional athlete, part of my job is to make sure I'm consuming high quality nutrients.
I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I'm nervous and I'm stressed.
My family is a little ridiculous. They're wild - really colorful and animated and big personalities.
There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.
Wherever I am, I always do yoga every day. I think it's so important for my physical health in sport.
When I'm home, I like to plan out all of my workout routines and all of my eating for the whole week.
Everyone, especially athletes and fans everywhere, need to make sunscreen and sun protection a priority.
When I left the U.S., I sort of left that frustration and that pressure to make the national team behind me.
When you've learned to love yourself, you get all the things that come with that. Friends, passion, success.
I want soccer to be a stable profession that attracts young female athletes when they graduate from college.
While I don't know if I exist in the land of the elite, I'm definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.
I think, a lot of my career and my life before I went to Sweden, I felt like I was trying to be someone else.
On game days, I do yoga as just a really short routine. It's more to warm up and to calm down in the morning.
Winning and losing isn't what's important. The attempt at success and getting to your best self is what matters.
I've learned to love my body and myself over time by being a little more accepting and having grace with myself.
I've always preferred a 4-3-3. It's a more fluid and dynamic system, and I think it plays to my strengths better.
I always want to keep my skin clean when I get up in the morning, and I use sunscreen before I go out to the field.
I'm 100 percent a byproduct of my sport. I always tell my teammates that I only have muscles where they get to play.
Whether I'm running up and down the field or running errands, I make it a point to ensure that my skin is protected.
I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.
I remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.
As a goal scorer, my focus is always on converting my chances and being clinical in the box. That's my No. 1 priority.
I've spent a lot of time being insecure about my body, but it's done so much for me. It's my tool, my vessel for my job.
I'm the kind of person where I look to myself a lot on how I can get better. What little, nuanced differences can I make?
I have crazy, curly, big hair, so,if I have time to try to make myself look presentable, I usually spend it doing my hair.
The speed of life that top American athletes have is boom-boom-boom, and I'm a lot slower. I look before I cross, you know?
I think my most happy and carefree state was 2012 because I really did say, 'Forget everything. I'm going to play for myself.'
The tremendous honor of playing on the world stage is even more rewarding when I am able to use my accomplishments to help others.
No Tinder, no Match, nothing. I don't mind going up to people when I'm out. I have a better chance of getting a read on them that way.