Ali Krieger

Surround yourself with good people; surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better. ”

I don't want to get to a point where I consider the national team a club team. ”

We want to beat the best team in the world. ”

The World Cup focus is football. Team U.S.A. is more than football. ”

When we're traveling for games, I always go down and have breakfast with the team - that's a must. ”

Every tournament's different. ”

I think it's nice to have a variety of lineups and formations to use against different opponents, depending on what they bring. ”

I think my confidence came when I turned 30. I don't know, something about turning 30 has been unbelievable. I just feel a sense of freedom. ”

In college, girls would come up to me: 'I want your calves.' It just makes me laugh. I guess people pay a lot of money to have the types of bodies athletes have. ”

I'm proud of my body, I'm proud of my sport, I'm proud of being a female athlete. ”