I’m not having to go outside and switch the role model hat on. It’s me, and it’s important for me to leave that legacy to help inspire younger players because I didn’t have a role model growing up. Carli Lloyd Read Quote
When I first joined the team, I was playing with the likes of Mia Hamm, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Milbrett – all those big-time players. It was very intimidating. I had some of these players’ posters on my wall growing up, and now I was able to play with them. Carli Lloyd Read Quote
If I am training on a holiday, most likely nobody else is – and that gives me the edge. If I’m supposed to run for 20 minutes and I get back and it’s only been 19:34, I’m going to jog in a circle for 26 more seconds. I’m never going to cut it short. Carli Lloyd Read Quote
I’m not getting recognized because I posed in a swimsuit edition of some magazine, but because of what I do on the field, and that’s important to me. Carli Lloyd Read Quote
I think, over the years, I’ve earned the respect of my teammates as someone who first got on the scene and wasn’t internationally ready and has just continued to put in the work. Carli Lloyd Read Quote
