Top 80 Hope Solo Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “My life is a beautiful struggle.”

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2. “There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you’ll look good, you’ll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there’s no substitute for hard work.”

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3. “I am proud of who I am, and nobody’s going to steal that.”

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4. “I try to live my life one day at a time, and if I look too far in advance, I get really stressed.”

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5. “There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment – you can truly be yourself.”

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6. “One thing I’ve learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don’t like anyone telling me how I’m supposed to feel or think or what I’m supposed to say.”

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7. “If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone’s expectations is the number one goal, you have sacrificed your uniqueness, and therefore your excellence.”

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8. “I take everything with a grain of salt.”

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9. “My family doesn’t do happy endings. We do sad endings or frustrating endings or no endings at all. We are hardwired to expect the next interruption or disappearance or broken promise.”

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10. “Even when quitting seems like the best option, theres always a reason to keep going.”

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11. “I am going to be a professional soccer player.”

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12. “True heros are made of hard work and integrity.”

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13. “I live for competition. It makes my life complete.”

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14. “I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time.”

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15. “I’m just going to embrace every experience.”

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16. “Unfortunately, people think I’m negative and bitter all the time, and that’s not the case.”

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17. “With each year that’s gone by, and as I grow up and get older, I’ve become more mature, of course, but you have a sense of who you are, and you find confidence in that.”

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18. “I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it’s performance on the field, respect on the field.”

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19. “It’s a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.”

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20. “I like to read books and be alone; I’m not social butterfly person.”

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21. “I am pushed by my critics. I don’t want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.”

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22. “I think it’s my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.”

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23. “It was hard. I came to grips with a lot of difficulties that I’ve overcome. Each challenge kind of makes you who you are. It wasn’t always a good thing. I have my own struggles in my life because of the things I was forced to overcome.”

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24. “I carry my iPod everywhere. My favorite group is the John Butler Trio, an Australian jam band. The lead singer and guitarist writes amazing lyrics.”

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25. “I never go on Facebook! I like, haven’t confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I’m just really bad at Facebook.”

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26. “I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.”

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27. “My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn’t in the spotlight, I should say. I’m in the spotlight, but not the truth.”

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28. “I have an attitude. It’s what I do. I’m edgy. I have an attitude.”

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29. “Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.”

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30. “My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.”

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31. “I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.”

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32. “In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.”

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33. “You’re always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me.”

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34. “I don’t need a captain’s band to lead a team to victory.”

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35. “I played soccer all my life and I used to think growing up that they put the fat kid in goal or they put the kid that wasn’t good with the ball at their feet in goal and I never wanted to do goalkeeper, I was always the goal scorer.”

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36. “You’re not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don’t speak the truth to put people down; I don’t speak the truth to show disrespect.”

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37. “I know I can’t dance. I am the worst dancer. I have no rhythm. I just do step-and-snap. I love it in the privacy of my own home and every once in a while at a club. But singing and dancing are my two greatest fears.”

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38. “I’ve learned that winning isn’t everything, and it’s more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal.”

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39. “Nobody really knows who I am, where I came from, what’s in my heart, why I believe in the things I believe, what I see behind the scenes and they don’t see.”

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40. “No one wants to lose, period. It should hurt, it should sting, and you don’t want to feel that feeling again.”

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41. “My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy’s little girl. He was my first soccer coach.”

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42. “I don’t just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You’re going to look back 20 years from now and of course you’re going to remember the games. But I’m going to remember seeing my family in the stands.”

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43. “Growing up, I felt insecure about my build. I didn’t feel very feminine. But as time went on, I learned to completely embrace my body.”

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44. “I burn so many calories when I work out that I don’t really count calories or necessarily try and stay away from anything.”

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45. “I think people who don’t have conflict in their lives are just trying to please people and not really living life to the fullest.”

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46. “Athletes are extremists. When they’re training, it’s laser focus.”

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47. “When I was younger, I was a complete tomboy. Then in college I started emerging out of the tomboy stage and dressing differently.”

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48. “I’ve had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.”

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49. “I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself – I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.”

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50. “Speech is the image of actions.”

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