Christen Press

I've always felt like my job is to protect my sister. Even growing up, on the playground, when my sister was too shy, I would speak for her... I even had dreams where I had to save her, growing up, all the time - like, she was falling, and I had to save her. ”

As a professional athlete, part of my job is to make sure I'm consuming high quality nutrients. ”

I want soccer to be a stable profession that attracts young female athletes when they graduate from college. ”

We want more opportunities for women's players throughout the world. ”

For a long time growing up, I thought that everything happens for a reason and it's kind of already written. But as I've grown and learned various things, I think that the most important moment is the one that you're in, and that's the only moment that matters, that you can really control. The future is unknown, and the past is history. ”

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 remember, playing in college especially, I cried in almost every game I played. I just felt so much stress and pressure that I was letting everyone down if I didn't score a goal or win the game. I carried that weight with me into every game. ”

The tremendous honor of playing on the world stage is even more rewarding when I am able to use my accomplishments to help others. ”

I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring. ”

Winning and losing isn't what's important. The attempt at success and getting to your best self is what matters. ”