It always has been a goal of mine to compete in the Olympics. Right after I graduated from college, I moved out to Salt Lake City with my mind focused on making the 2014 team.
I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.
During my first season at Manchester, the team was not performing, and I was the scapegoat.
Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
My parents didn't know anything about collegiate scholarships, so they had accepted the national team training stipend, the monthly stipend that I received after making the national team, so I was ineligible for NCAA eligibility anyway.
I'm in the team to score goals. I try and score as many as I can in the season to help the team out.
I knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.
I want to be a top scorer with my national team.
I've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.
I think, generally speaking as a player, when I hear the word 'scout,' it's usually, 'The Seattle Storm are playing the L.A. Sparks tomorrow; the assistant coaches are scouting the L.A. Sparks.' And then they come to us and give a scouting report on the players and the team.
We were little girls coming off of a TV show and had a team of people trying to sculpt us into something we weren't.
When I was running training, we would fire a couple of leaders from every SEAL team because they couldn't lead. And 99.9% of the time, it wasn't a question of their ability - it was a question of their ability to listen.
All SEALS in my mind are equally elite. It doesn't matter if you're SEAL Team Two, One, Six, 10, it doesn't matter. All SEALS are equally elite.
When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary.
It's been a dream of mine to be selected on the U.S. Olympic team as long as I can remember.
Selecting a strong team without giving the new captain appropriate time isn't possible.
There's never been a point when I've questioned myself. If I've ever had a setback at a club I've always made it my mission to show why I should be in the team instead of dwelling on it.
Baseball fans are collectively the '10th man' and needed most when team performance is shaky. When mistakes are made, there's no need to heckle your team - that's what the other side is for!
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Team sports are very important for shaping personalities. It's important that kids understand the mentality behind playing team sports and playing for one another and playing with friends.
