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“I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” --Mia Hamm

“A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better. They don't live in the past.” --Briana Scurry

“Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.” --Ronaldo

“I'm here to score a lot of goals. It's my speciality, that's what I've been brought here to do, and I want to score plenty...” --Ronaldo

“The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.” --Mia Hamm

“Everyone tells me that the Italian championship is the toughest in the world, but I'm not afraid. In my career, I've always scored goals, wherever I've been.” --Ronaldo

“We lost because we didn't win.” --Ronaldo

“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” --John Wooden