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United States international footballer, 2001–2015
United States · b. 1980
Forward for the United States women's national team, with which she won the 2015 World Cup and Olympic gold medals in 2004 and 2012. She retired in 2015 as the leading international goalscorer in the sport, and delivered the Barnard College commencement address in 2018.
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I stayed on the path out of fear, not of being eaten by a wolf, but of being cut, being benched, losing my paycheck. If I could go back and tell my younger self one thing it would be this: "Abby, you were never Little Red Riding Hood; you were always the wolf."
Recorded Barnard College commencement address, Radio City Music Hall, New York, Speakola, 16 May 2018 source
GIVE ME THE RESPECT I'VE EARNED AND GIVE IT TO MY WOLF PACK TOO.
Recorded Barnard College commencement address, Radio City Music Hall, New York, Speakola, 16 May 2018 source
You see, soccer didn't make me who I was. I brought who I was to soccer, and I get to bring who I am wherever I go. And guess what? So do you.
Recorded Barnard College commencement address, Radio City Music Hall, New York, Speakola, 16 May 2018 source
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