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We want to be role models.
Serena is an icon of women's sport.
We'd love to be playing to five or six thousand.
We want to win. We want to win big football matches.
We want to compete for every trophy at home and in Europe.
It doesn't get much bigger than England v. Germany at Wembley.
There was no better feeling than lifting that Continental Cup.
It is important to have down time between training and matches.
You want to be winning trophies, and you want to be winning medals.
We want to be treated as professionals and like the male footballers.
We have to be playing near-perfect football to go and win a World Cup.
I want to be the best professional and the greatest role model I can be.
To be playing in FA Cup finals at Wembley is obviously a dream come true.
I don't tend to carry much cash around, as I use my bank card whenever I can.
It's important I keep my feet on the ground and stay humble and still work hard.
My all-time hero for Sunderland was Kevin Phillips. He was the one I looked up to.
We always want to play and be dominant with the ball, but we respect the opposition.
I think that's vitally important, that we get players playing at a younger age group.
I think it's important that we try to showcase what we're about as women footballers.
The World Cup is what we've done all them hours for. It's why we give up normal life.
Missing the chance to go to the 2007 World Cup was the biggest disappointment of my career.
It is a bit surreal when I'm out and people are having a look or staring or wanting selfies.
I always knew I wanted an educational background, and my mum and dad were quite big on that.
It's going to be a massive honour to represent your country, if selected, for the World Cup.
I am proud to be captain of an England team who believe in themselves and enjoy the way we play.
My mum was very determined and motivated and always wanted the best for us. That rubs off on you.
I don't practise indirect free-kicks, but the technique and how I strike the ball I practise a lot.
The Olympics is one of the memories that will always be with me. It changed my life for the better.
The amount of TV exposure we have had and the attention women's football has got has been brilliant.
The image of women's football has definitely changed. Now we've got to make sure it keeps developing.
I'm very privileged to be a professional footballer, and I want to encourage more young girls to play.
We hope girls are inspired to start playing at a younger age and try to get to a World Cup themselves.
The support of our fans is vital to everything that we do - we always play for our country and our fans.
Games don't come much bigger than playing the title holders with the chance to win the trophy yourselves.
Sleep is important; I try and get about 9 hours if I can at night, but I don't tend to nap during the day.
It's great to be able to bring the best players from other countries and that they want to play in our league.
I think the likes of Alex Scott and Rachel Brown-Finnis have been unbelievable in terms of the punditry they do.
We've got to make sure we keep the media attention on us; being on telly and in the papers gets people interested.
For the women's team, our job is to be professional footballers for club and country and be the best role models we can be.
My family have always been supportive of my career, whether it's the highs of the World Cup or when I was just starting out.
I think there's so many areas within the football game that women are being more involved in, and I think it's great to see.
I'd like to be more assertive when it comes to confrontation. I'm fine on the pitch, but off the pitch, I'm a bit of a softy.
That was something I probably had to go through, a learning curve in terms of trying to develop into the captain I want to be.
I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there.
As players, we need to try to inspire young girls to keep playing because, at grass roots, we need more girls playing football.
I will always be grateful for having that opportunity to be part of a home Olympic games. It is a memory I will cherish forever.
I get nervous before every single game, but I think it's a good sign. It means I care and want it to go as well as it possibly can.
I know other people say that football isn't easy as a sport for girls, but my family and friends have always been really supportive.
For women's football in this country, it's important we do play in the best stadiums, and for me, Wembley is the best in this country.
It's difficult because the men's game is so big and attracts so much money and sponsorship, and so it's always going to take priority.