Top 60 Mia Hamm Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too.”

— Mia Hamm

2. “Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.”

— Mia Hamm

3. “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

4. “It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there.”

— Mia Hamm

5. “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.”

— Mia Hamm

6. “Success breeds success.”

— Mia Hamm

7. “I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”

— Mia Hamm

8. “A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.”

— Mia Hamm

9. “Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.”

— Mia Hamm

10. “If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion.”

— Mia Hamm

11. “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.”

— Mia Hamm

12. “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

13. “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

14. “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

15. “True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.”

— Mia Hamm

16. “It isn’t sacrifice if you love what you’re doing.”

— Mia Hamm

17. “The person that said winning isn’t everything, never won anything.”

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18. “Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.”

— Mia Hamm

19. “No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.”

— Mia Hamm

20. “Follow your heart and make it your decision.”

— Mia Hamm

21. “I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.”

— Mia Hamm

22. “I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that’s not pulling the trigger.”

— Mia Hamm

23. “There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.”

— Mia Hamm

24. “Sports can do so much. It’s given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.”

— Mia Hamm

25. “I could just have chips and salsa for dinner every day.”

— Mia Hamm

26. “Anson Dorrance... left me a short, encouraging note: “The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is watching.”

— Mia Hamm

27. “The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.”

— Mia Hamm

28. “After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.”

— Mia Hamm

29. “You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it’s worth it if you score a spectacular goal.”

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30. “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

31. “We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.”

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32. “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

33. “You’re worth the investment in yourself and what you feel, you can and want to be.”

— Mia Hamm

34. “Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They’re about the relationships we have with each other.”

— Mia Hamm

35. “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

36. “I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn’t so confident in other areas.”

— Mia Hamm

37. “Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them.”

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38. “I’m a part of a team, and I’m no better or any worse than any single player on this team. That’s the approach I’ve always had and will continue to have. It’s not about me. It has never been all about me. If it had, this would have been a really lonely journey.”

— Mia Hamm

39. “I don’t like to play rough, but I will if I have to.”

— Mia Hamm

40. “Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.”

— Mia Hamm

41. “Chicken, brown rice, and veggies is a great healthy dinner option. It’s full of whole grains and protein, and will keep you full for a long time.”

— Mia Hamm

42. “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!”

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43. “I know I wouldn’t be here, and all of us wouldn’t be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made – not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.”

— Mia Hamm

44. “Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together. And the great thing about a scramble, there’s less pressure because you don’t feel like every shot has to be your shot.”

— Mia Hamm

45. “Experience means you did a lot of things wrong.”

— Mia Hamm

46. “Golf is social. It brings a lot of people together.”

— Mia Hamm

47. “Soccer isn’t very social. Plus, if you don’t like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.”

— Mia Hamm

48. “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

49. “Every day I look for ways to be inspired, to learn and to grow. And trying to be the best for my kids, my husband and my family. One thing I really wanna do is being there for my kids, be part of my siblings and my parents.”

— Mia Hamm

50. “I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.”

— Mia Hamm