“Top Quotes from Mia Hamm’s Playbook of Inspiration”

• If a team intimidates you physically and you let them, they’ve won – Mia Hamm
• Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her – Mia Hamm
• The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness – Mia Hamm
• Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed
• I played soccer because my friends did. Besides we got sodas afterwards – Mia Hamm
• I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion – Mia Hamm
• I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn’t so confident in other areas.
• Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it
• Many people say I’m the best women’s soccer player in the world. I don’t think so. And because of that, someday I just might be – Mia Hamm
• The backbone of success is…hard work, determination, good planning, and perseverance.” ~ Mia Hamm
• Goals have never defined me as a player. What has defined me is my impact on the team. If that means passing or playing defense to win, I’ll do it – Mia Hamm
• You can’t just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again – Mia Hamm
• Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They’re about the relationships we have with each other – Mia Hamm
• Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you’re capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time – Mia Hamm
• Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn’t. Sure, there are games I’m going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn’t mean I give up – Mia Hamm
• Sports can do so much. They’ve given me a framework: meeting new people, confidence, self-esteem, discipline, motivation. All these things I learned, whether I knew I was learning them or not, through sports – Mia Hamm
• Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them – Mia Hamm

Inspirational Quotes By ‘Mia Hamm’

• It isn’t sacrifice if you love what you’re doing – Mia Hamm
• I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school – Mia Hamm
• Experience means you did a lot of things wrong – Mia Hamm
• It is more difficult to stay on top than to get ther – Mia Hamm
• I hope all you young girls see yourself up there… we were just like you – Mia Hamm
• Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her – Mia Hamm
• I don’t like to stop. I’m a big person who looks at where the hubs are because I hate changing planes – Mia Hamm
• The backbone of success is…hard work, determination, good planning, and perseverance – Mia Hamm
• Every morning, I wake up trying to be the best mom and the best Role Model for my kids in a healthy diet and active lifestyle – Mia Hamm
• You’re worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be – Mia Hamm
• Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be fun – Mia Hamm
• I don’t want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don’t want to live in the past — I want to live now – Mia Hamm
• Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player – Mia Hamm

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