I remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.
I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I'm nervous and I'm stressed.
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.
If you win games, at the top, there's no pressure to change. You change when you have to change. You change when you don't win anymore.
With yoga, it works every part of the body and increases range of motion. People think you get super flexible and you lose your power in sport. I'm getting back to normal because I'm so wound up and tight.
I'm grateful for all of our fans because at the end of the day, they give us purpose.
You can be one inch from the national team and the opportunity to make so much money and a life out of it. That's why people hang on so long.
I have butt muscles, thigh muscles, and then my upper body is super skinny - except for in my shoulders, which you need for a little bit of strength to hold other players off the ball. So I think I've developed muscles 100 per cent from just shooting the ball and running. Every single thing about my body looks like soccer.
As a professional athlete, part of my job is to make sure I'm consuming high quality nutrients.
I think that during college, I would say I did not enjoy playing soccer.
In the U.S., my whole life, I felt like I had to be the best and score more goals and run with more fitness so I could be the one in the limelight. I think that when I went to Sweden, I found the joy of being part of a team and contributing to everybody's success.
