Abby Wambach
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambachis an American retired soccer player, coach, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup champion. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach has been a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team since 2003 earning her first cap in 2001. As a forward, she currently stands as the highest all-time goal scorer for the national team and holds the world record for international goals for both female and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth2 June 1980
CityRochester, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My sole focus is to help bring a World Cup back to the U.S.
There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I think, the definition of being American.
Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime.
I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
If you break an individual record, it's because of the greatness that comes before you.
I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.
Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.
Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cure for diabetes. There's no place better to give the money to than the Juvenile Diabetes Association.