I have learned that there's a little bit of a danger in stressing ourselves out and living in the future - worry affects how we are today.
I'm so excited to be a Coppertone brand ambassador because as an athlete, taking care of my body is a huge part of my job, and sunscreen is a vital part of that.
Everyone, especially athletes and fans everywhere, need to make sunscreen and sun protection a priority.
I always want to keep my skin clean when I get up in the morning, and I use sunscreen before I go out to the field.
I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games.
I think, a lot of my career and my life before I went to Sweden, I felt like I was trying to be someone else.
When I went to Sweden, I sort of found out who I was.
In Sweden, if a player has the ball, and you're running across the line of vision, you would never call for the ball. In the United States, if you're open, you're screaming.
When I started playing in Sweden, there was nobody watching. No one knew who I was, so I was just playing for the love of the game. And after my first season, my coach came up to me and said, 'Of all the people you're the one who smiles the most on the field,' and that was the biggest compliment I ever received.
In the U.S., my whole life, I felt like I had to be the best and score more goals and run with more fitness so I could be the one in the limelight. I think that when I went to Sweden, I found the joy of being part of a team and contributing to everybody's success.
I'm very grateful for the way that I feel when I play. I feel very powerful, I feel fast, I feel unstoppable, and that's because of my body.
I've spent a lot of time being insecure about my body, but it's done so much for me. It's my tool, my vessel for my job.
I would like to fight as hard as I possibly can in each and every game and win or lose, leave it at that, and move forward. I know in my heart that that is the mindset I need to be a successful and happy athlete.
The tremendous honor of playing on the world stage is even more rewarding when I am able to use my accomplishments to help others.
