#GeneralEquality

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With soccer, it's such a dynamic sport. It's important that however you play, you should be training like that.

- Becky Sauerbrunn

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NeXT series "Megan Rapinoe Quotes". I hope you like it.

- Megan Rapinoe

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Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.

- Alex Morgan

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I feel like when there's more on the line and there are more risks, that means there's more reward.

- Alex Morgan

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My dad has been to every soccer game that I've played in, both at the amateur level and at the professional level, and he always had great things to say whether we won or we lost, whether I felt great or not so great.

- Alex Morgan

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It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it was to see women play sports on TV.

- Alex Morgan

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Even when I'm training alone, I always prefer doing soccer-related stuff. On my own, I'll run through cones or do some shooting exercises or pass the ball against the wall.

- Alex Morgan

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One thing I'm proud to do like a girl represents my country in the Olympics and at the highest level, at the highest platform that I can.

- Alex Morgan

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I rarely felt or noticed any real divide between girls and boys when I was growing up. Maybe it was because I was so involved in sports and competed with the boys. Maybe it was my mom and dad, who constantly instilled confidence in me and never made me feel as though there were boy activities and girl activities.

- Alex Morgan

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Once I got to college, I realized that practicing 3-6 days wasn't going to be enough for me to get where I wanted.

- Alex Morgan

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I really like my legs because I've worked hard for them. With soccer, that's the one thing you're working on all the time.

- Alex Morgan

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My goal against Italy in the World Cup qualifier was probably my most memorable: we had to go to Italy and had to win, or we wouldn't go to the World Cup, and I scored in stoppage time.

- Alex Morgan

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My goal against Italy in the World Cup qualifier was probably my most memorable: we had to go to Italy and had to win, or we wouldn't go to the World Cup, and I scored in stoppage time.

- Alex Morgan

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Scoring a goal in a World Cup was my dream as a little girl. I didn't really dream of being in 'Maxim' when I was 5.

- Alex Morgan

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What I really appreciate is the people who come up and say, 'Thank you for representing our country.'

- Alex Morgan

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With me and Portland, it wasn't moving anywhere. I wasn't given a bigger role as I played more and more with the club. I felt I could have been utilized in a bigger way.

- Alex Morgan