When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
Abby Wambach
I wish my national team all the best.
Ada Hegerberg
Of course I have ambitions, even if I don't play for the national team.
I had nightmares after being with the national team. You shouldn't have things like that.
All Spanish players want to play for the national team.
Adama Traore
I was growing up in England and England was the only national team I knew, so I was actually very pleased to play at the national level.
Alex Iwobi
Arsene Wenger's style of play is the sort of style the Chilean national team has. Therefore, I am used to it.
Alexis Sanchez
It's a privilege and an honor to play for the national team, but I think that the training that I was in at Frankfurt was the highest level right underneath.
Ali Krieger
I don't want to get to a point where I consider the national team a club team.
I actually spoke to all the national team players who play in the Premier League, asking about what the league is like and the style of play. It's one thing watching it on the TV, but being involved in it every day is another thing.
Alisson
Playing for the national team is always an honour. We must make the most of every opportunity.
Alvaro Morata
Of course, for the national team it is good to have Mesut Ozil in good form.
Andre Schurrle
I had a fantastic time with the national team.
Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.
It's not easy, especially for a German national team player who did great things in the past and maybe is struggling. That's why I think most of the German national team play abroad because if you don't play for Bayern Munich and you don't always win, it's difficult.
I think there can be nothing more special than winning something with the shirt of your national team.
Angel Di Maria
I honestly think I would swap all that I have won in my career to win something with the Argentine national team.
I try to dress well. Not just now at Chelsea, but all my career, at my clubs and the national team in Italy, I like to wear a nice suit on the touchline.
Antonio Conte
I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.
Apolo Ohno
I've done a lot of great things playing for this country and this national team in the youth stage.
Ashlyn Harris
Regions' role in detecting and developing a raw talent is no secret, as they work so hard to produce top class players who go on to represent departments, then national team, and also play in different leagues of the world.
The women's national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it's empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.
Soccer is always changing and evolving, and I think our national team has had to change with the times.
When I started with the national team, it was made very clear I was going to be the backup to Christie Rampone and Rachel Buehler. So for the first few years, it was just me training my heart out and pushing those centerbacks to be the best they could be.
When I was younger, I could never have imagined that me at 24 would have already won a league in Portugal, a league in France, a league in England, and playing for the national team.
When I was younger it was twice a day with a game on the weekend. Then when I got older, three times a day everyday in college and on the national team.
I live with fellow speed skaters and National Team members Heather Richardson, Sugar Todd and Mitch Whitmore, and Sugar lives up to her name. She spoils our household with baked goods, and not just at Christmastime.
I've been lucky enough to play for the Spanish national team and Barcelona, two sides who've shown that you can play good, attractive possession football and win major titles.
I don't think anyone would say that the women on the United States national team are not great role models and ambassadors. Everywhere we go, we connect with fans, sign autographs, and represent our sport and federation with class.
Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.
No one person is going to come in and change the world, or a national team.
I've had my processes and opportunities with the Mexican national team. I played a lot of international matches for my country and now I think it's time to give the younger players and generation a chance.
It's an immense pride for me to be captain of the national team.
I gave up on the national team - I thought to myself, 'Well, that's just not something that's going to happen for me.' The national team was in residency camp; I was 6,000 miles away. Nobody was watching, nobody cared... I'm just going to go play for myself and my team and try to be great... and I had more fun than I'd have ever had.
You can be one inch from the national team and the opportunity to make so much money and a life out of it. That's why people hang on so long.
When I left the U.S., I sort of left that frustration and that pressure to make the national team behind me.
If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.
As a player, you want to play for your national team - if you're fit, you play; if you're not fit, you don't play.
Any coach in football doesn't like national team games because it's out of your hands; you can't really control what's going to happen.
Being able to play at club level at a high level and then getting called into the national team, it's amazing.
I've always said that there's a bit of a different sense of pride when you're playing for your national team.
I played with the youth national team, I played in some CONCACAF games, and it's always physical; it's always intense.
It's been a dream of mine to play for the U.S. national team.
In my hometown, people I didn't even know started to recognize me: 'Oh, you're that kid that's doing well over there in Europe and with the national team!'
I don't put any extra pressure on myself for national team games.
I love playing with the national team. I love being here as much as I can.
When I was growing up in Australia my dream was to play in Serie A and for the national team.
When I was growing up, you didn't know there was a women's national team. Now girls grow up dreaming of playing for Canada.
It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team.
