When I put on our U.S. kit, I do it for my family and for my country. But I understand now that I also do it for every single American girl out there who wants to see someone who looks like them - someone whose story reminds them of their own - when they watch their women's national team.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of representation and the impact it has on young girls.
Crystal Dunn's quote reflects her understanding of the significance of representation in sports, particularly for American girls who want to see themselves in successful athletes. By wearing the U.S. kit, she recognizes that she not only represents her family and country but also serves as a role model for young girls who may resonate with her story, inspiring them to pursue their dreams.
In practice
During a speech at a women's sports event, to empower young female athletes.
I continue to dream and pray about a revival of holiness in our day that moves forth in mission and creates authentic community in which each person can be unleashed through the empowerment of the Spirit to fulfill God's creational intentions.
Turn on the dream you lived through the unwavering gaze. It is as you thought: the living burn. In the floating days may you discover grace.
I know this world is far from perfect. I am not the type to mistake a streetlight for the moon. I know our wounds are deep as the Atlantic. But every ocean has a shoreline and every shoreline has a tide that is constantly returning to wake the songbirds in our hands, to wake the music in our bones, to place one fearless kiss on the mouth of that new born river that has to run through the center of our hearts to find its way home.
All nights are sacred nights to make confession and resolve and prayer; all days are sacred days to wake new gladness in the sunny air.
I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain.
Everyone can access the parts of themselves that are great. I'm just a girl from New York City who decided to do this, after all. Rule the world! What's life worth living if you don't rule it?
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