Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

After having a child, my career just skyrocketed. You have all that weight to kill off - you're working 10 times harder.

Just getting paid for six months out of the year is unacceptable in any kind of job.

I know all the girls; we all have something to play for, we all have this goal, and we're all on the same page as to what we want at the end of the day. But as for me, I have something a little bit more to play for, and that's my kid.

Inspiration is one of my favorite things. That's all I want to do - I want to inspire people.

To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you're going to choreograph things yourself, you're at the service of someone else.

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.