Maybe you're not having a thousand times more injuries, but there's an aspect to the purity of the game and the quality of the game that is played on grass that is different on turf.
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I feel like it's actually everybody's responsibility to use whatever platform they have to do good in the world, basically, and to try to make our society better, whether you're an accountant or an activist or an athlete or whatever it is. I think it's everybody's responsibility.
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What this quote means
Everyone has a role to play in improving society, regardless of their profession.
Megan Rapinoe emphasizes that each individual, irrespective of their career or status, holds a collective responsibility to leverage their influence and resources to foster positive change in society. This call to action encourages people to recognize the impact they can have in bettering the world around them.
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ResponsibilitySocietyChangeInfluenceImpact
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In a speech about community service initiatives.
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I think our existence in professional sports is almost a protest in and of itself in sometimes the very sexist society that we live in. For us, it's just kind of right in line with what we always do.
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I feel like everyone is really craving people to come out. People want - they need - to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good ol' U.S. of A.
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In female sports, if you're gay, most likely your team knows it pretty quickly. It's very open and widely supported. For males, it's not that way at all. It's sad.
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I think there's a lot of gay women in sports, and it's widely known in the team; they can live a pretty open lifestyle without being open in the media.
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