I can't do tricks, but I absolutely loved trying, and one of my fondest memories growing up was trying to imitate Ronaldinho and do his dance.

I didn't dream of joining Man City as a professional one day, or representing England, because I didn't know that was even possible.

Football is something I would never give up on, whether I ended up playing professional or in a Sunday league team.

I don't call myself a women's footballer; I say I'm a footballer.

When I was seven my parents divorced. My father went to Dallas. My mom fled to the shelter of my grandparents in a strange central Ohio town of 22,000, Wooster. When it looked like I was growing up to be a wimp I was forced to live with my father, which I did not want to do.

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in.

I was raised in a lower-income family, and we were wild.

The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.