I want to keep improving, continue to help my teammates improve, make my teammates look good. Continue bringing something new to the game, never getting completely content and always trying to get better.
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Alex Morgan
Alexandra Patricia Morgan Carrasco (born July 2, 1989) is an American soccer player, Olympic gold medalist, and FIFA Women's World Cup champion. She is a forward for Orlando Pride in the NWSL and the United States women's national soccer team. Shortly after graduating early from the University of California, Berkeley where she played for the women's soccer team, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship. Morgan, who was 22 at the time, was the youngest player on the national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where the team won silver. At the 2012 London Olympics she scored the match-winning goal in the 123rd minute of the semi-final match against Canada. She finished 2012 with 28 goals and 21 assists, joining Mia Hamm as the only American women to score 20 goals and collect 20 assists in the same calendar year, and making her the sixth and youngest U.S. player to score 20 goals in a single year. She was subsequently named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year and was a FIFA World Player of the Year finalist. Off the field, Morgan teamed with Simon & Schuster to write a middle-grade book series about four soccer players entitled The Kicks. The first book in the series, Saving the Team, debuted at number seven on The New York Times Best Seller list in May 201
Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your ears.
I have had to adjust to new surroundings, meet new people and have been challenged by different situations. All of those experiences, while nerve-wracking at the time, have empowered me to grow stronger.
Soccer is what I grew up doing – it’s my passion, and I’m way more comfortable on the field in my soccer cleats.
Confidence is not something that is always easy to find. Often, being the new girl on a team or being in a group breeds insecurities. I have joined countless teams where I was the new girl, and I was never immune to those feelings of self-doubt.
I’ve really just tried to stay positive throughout the whole experience and any minutes at all, or even being on a roster, is an accomplishment. So I’m taking it one step at a time and just achieving small goals will hopefully one day make me a 90-minute player. For now, I’m happy to contribute in…
I have learned that by pushing aside those insecurities and rediscovering my inner confidence, I become a better teammate and person.
Dream big, because dreams do happen.
It’s important that as women, we stand up for ourselves, stand up for our peers and show the power that confidence can have for women everywhere.
Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.
Everybody has a talent, but its what you do with that talent to make it great.
Whatever brings you down, will eventually make you stronger.
Keep working even when no one is watching.
I think a goal is a goal and not all my goals are pretty.
I don't run straight at a constant pace; soccer is always a change of pace and movement.
If you are an athlete, you probably love to sweat.
I just hope I'm faster than the defenders I play against.
I've probably improved the most with my vision of the game and my movement off the ball.
I guess I wish he would critique me more!
Thats how I work best, when I'm under pressure.