"I don't think the team is the same without her, what I have to realize is that it doesn't mean that Tish is out of all of our lives forever. Tish will still be a part of lives till the day we die."-Mia Hamm
"I think the time I have reflected on this past trip was my time rooming with Mia. We have been on the team for the same amount of years, and we use to room together in the beginning. I can remember in those young days, we use to jump on our beds and sing to the Jackson Five and laugh. I look at the week we roomed together and not a whole lot has changed, but there have been changes. However, we still found time to laugh and enjoy each other's friendship."-Lil
"Even though we won in 1999, you have to continually prove yourself, to push yourself to the next level, to find the resolve inside of yourself, and as a team to go forward, and that's why we want to move to Sydney and that's why we want to show soccer on the world stage what this game is all about."-Brandi Chastain
"I think she is an amazing player and teammate so I didn't agree with the decision, but I am not the coach. I do miss her a lot. After playing with someone for close to 10 years, it is hard not having them around. She is an amazing person and player, and I hope she will always remember that, because I would have her on my team any day. Tish if you are reading I miss ya buddy."-Kristine Lilly
"I'm a little crazy."-Tisha Venturini
"She has that "cool" quality for which not many people can qualify. It's more than being nice, or stylish, or charismatic. She's just cool and unique."-Michelle Akers on Tisha Venturini
"Lilly is a total stud who has never had a bad game."-Julie Foudy
"It seems like every time I pick up a magazine now, I see one of my teammates in an advertisement."-Briana Scurry
"She can beat a packed defense in a phonebooth"-Anson Durrance on Tisha Venturini
"Do you have the heart to push yourself? If you don't, find a way to get it because if you don't, talent will only get you so far. You've got to be hungry, you've got to have heart. That's just reality."-Tiffeny Milbrett
"I think she's still one of the greatest goal scorers in the world."- Julie Foudy on Tisha
"Tiffany is the little animal of the team. She is our smallest player and she has our biggest heart as far as competing."-Tony DiCicco on Tiff Roberts
"I like the whole idea that the other team can't win if they can't score on me."-Briana
"I embarass myself often"-Tisha
"She just picks your pocket as she goes by."-Tony DiCicco on Joy Fawcett
"The hardest thing about being a reserve is keeping your confidence."-Tiffany Roberts
"She can run all day."-Carla Overbeck on Kristine Lilly
"Sprint like hell!"-Tisha
"I'm too tired to give you quotes right now"-Kate
"If you can catch up with Mia, the only way to stop her is to pull her down."-Carla
"It doesn't matter where I am, as long as I'm on the field."-Brandi
"I was packing and laying my clothes out on my bed, and then I pack. Well, I left the room to do something, and I come back and I look at my bed and my clothes were gone. Mia had hid some of my clothes throughout the room. It was rather funny (maybe you had to be there), and she ended up telling me where they were because I couldn't find them. Yeah, fun times."-Kristine Lilly
"I try to be smart about things."-Tisha
"Our trainers taped me up in so many places, they joked that I was using up half the team's budget."-Michelle
"We've been through so much together-marriages, pregnancies, boyfriends."-Kristine
"Before, there were only three or four people from the team who were in demand, and now we're all wanted for this kind of thing. I really like it, and I feel all grown up now."-Tiffany Roberts
"Mac has one, if not THE hardest shot on this team and she has a knack for making the ball 'dance' or move. As a goalkeeper this makes your job hard and can lead to numerous jammed fingers... I know first hand."-Tracy
"Soccer isn't brain surgery, have fun."-Michelle
"I kick people and enjoy it."-Kate Sobrero
"She's a little demented. She's not all there. She's a few feathers short of a duck. She's like one of those really smart people who's pretty dingy. She's always tripping into things. She's a total klutz. That's like a common joke on the team."-Julie Foudy on Kate
"No doughnuts, no love."-Julie
"I actually had to get 2 fillings. Yeah, I swear. My teeth had been bugging me because I had been eating so much junk on the road. I was the worst on the team because I always had a bag of candy with me. I never had any cavities before, but yesterday, I took 2 for the team."-Tisha
"Shannon's personality is about having fun and creating an environment around her that others can have fun in. She is the team prankster and is always joking and likes to nutmeg players in practice, and that is what she brings to the field."-Brandi on Shannon
"She's murder on corner kicks."-Anson Durrance on Tisha
"Loves her dog Molson and has pictures of him in her locker, wallet, and probably on her bedroom wall too."-Michelle on Kristine
"No one means to screw up. If you don't have something positive to say, zip it."-Tisha
"Sometimes we forget that it is their first World Cup. The way they play, you would never know it. They are very professional, even though they are barely out of their teens."-Briana about Cindy Parlow, Danielle Fotopoulus, and Lorrie Fair
"My ultimate goal is to be a mom and to do it right and break the cycle."-Shannon
"Look up to sports figures who deserve it."-Carla
"We're here to kill the soccer chicks!"-Julie to the gate guard at Brandi, Mia, and Tisha's house during residency camp
"A great cook and always makes her plate of food look more tasty than mine even though we all have the same buffet table to choose from."-Michelle on Brandi
"When you come to the game prepared and you play with your heart, no one can expect more. Even if you lose, you will be respected for the contributions you make to the team."-Kristine
"She's one of the nicest people on the team. She's unassuming, she's caring, she's always got a smile. She's very coachable. She's a joy to coach quite honestly. And she could be the best athlete on the team."-Coach DiCicco on Christie Pearce
"The girl can shoot, the ball moves around, it knuckles, it dips. I feel bad for the other goalkeeper."-Briana on MacMillan's shots
"Known for her incredibly graceful moves (not) and for having her brain plugged in at all times (not). I love you, Kate. She is one funny chick. Always doing or saying something to make us laugh."-Michelle on Kate
"I cannot keep myself away from ice cream. I have 2 flavors that are my favorite: chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla swiss almond. I can eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting, no problem!"-Brandi
"Mia Hamm will not get mad at you if you steal the ball from her. The best way to earn their respect is to go out there and kick their butts!"-April Heinrichs to Lorrie
"New faces keep things interesting and competitive! When someone joins the team, I gain one more sister."-Tisha
"I eat healthy most of the time, but I love chocolate. I can't help it!"-Carla
"Set short and long term goals. I call them performance and outcome goals. For example, if a long term goal is to join a club team, a short term goal might be increase your juggling. If you juggled 25 one day, then the next time you juggle, shoot for 26 or ablove. Also, make sure to post performance and outcome where you can see them. Be realistic, but push yourself!"-Tracy Ducar
"Tomboy. Alright call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh and tomboys aren't boys."-Julie
"People actually thank us for being nice."-Kate Sobrero
"There is a girl being born in America. And somebody will tell her she is beautiful. And somebody will tell her she is strong. Somebody will tell her she is precious. And somebody will say she is tough. There is a girl being born in America. And someone will give her a doll. And someone will give her a ball. And then someone will give her a chance."-Mia
"Failure happens all the time. It happens everyday in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."-Mia Hamm
"Is the damn monkey off?"-Mia to Julie after ending her scoring slump
"For all you fans out there, the way to the hearts of the US Women's National Team is throught their stomachs...particularly with desserts."-Mich
"Great swing. A little erratic. Just like her personality."-Julie on Brandi's golf
"Hopefully the next time we host the World Cup, we're going to ask Brandi to take off her shirt in the first game because then we know we're going to get more than 650,000 people to come out to the games."-Mia
"She (Mia) loves the technical nuances of the swing and talks to Ian (Julie's husband) for hours about golf. I'm thinking 'My God, hit the damn ball.' The rest of us are just 'Happy Gilmores.'"-Julie
"We decided that Joy Fawcett's daughter Katey, who's 4, might play alongside Aly & Susan someday. Michelle, of course, will still be on the team."-Foudy
"We all miss Tish!!"-Sara Whalen
If you have some quotes that I forgot to add and you want to see them here, e-mail me at emilylmlp@hotmail.com and I'll be more than happy to add them!
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