The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.

- Mia Hamm

Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.

- Mia Hamm

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

- Mia Hamm

A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.

- Mia Hamm

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

- Mia Hamm

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

- Mia Hamm

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

- Mia Hamm

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

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too

- Mia Hamm