Many, many years ago, when you named alternates, and they wouldn't travel with you - I think you're dealing with a small roster. Now you travel with these alternates, which you can replace at any time, obviously, if it's a medical situation, so you have it in your back pocket.

Jill Ellis

To be respectful to opponents is to play hard against them.

Jill Ellis

There's always things you can refine and polish.

Jill Ellis

Coaches understand that pressure is part of the rush of coaching. The challenge of trying to outplay your opponent is part of the fun, the adrenaline, the preparation, seeing your team evolve. It's why coaches become coaches.

Jill Ellis

Players don't change drastically. Maybe they get more in form if they're a goal scorer, or they get healthier if they've been injured.

Jill Ellis

We've got to make sure we have players that can break teams down because there's no space in behind; we need to problem-solve in a different way.

Jill Ellis

When you go to a World Cup, in midfield you need to have players who can score from distance, who can get in the box and obviously play-make.

Jill Ellis

The players come out and want to be as fresh as they can, press, keep a team in their end, create chances, create set pieces, and really try and get the upper hand early.

Jill Ellis

I took a $40k pay cut to leave my technical copywriter job and work for $6k a year.

Jill Ellis

Ultimately, we've got to make sure our players understand that the margin for error is very small against these top teams in the world, and we've been punished several times for that.

Jill Ellis

You've got to make sure you're listening to the people that are important to listen to. And then everything else, you kind of have to tune out and do your thing.

Jill Ellis

When you have a group of players with self-belief... nine times out of 10, players can be very talented to make the roster, but they need that quality, and it is pivotal at a World Cup.

Jill Ellis

I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.

Jill Ellis

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

Jill Ellis

My own personal opinion is putting three finals in one day isn't supporting the women's game.

Jill Ellis

I have a lot of fond memories of my life in England.

Jill Ellis

Our intent is to attack for 90 minutes.

Jill Ellis

If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.

Jill Ellis

I went into coaching never worrying about what I was coaching for other than trying to make sure that I can prepare my team, select my team, have an amazing staff around me.

Jill Ellis

You have to pay the same amount of detail regardless of opponent when so much is on the line.

Jill Ellis

When I used to recruit in college, my sole job was to out-recruit what I had. And if I did that, I knew we would grow and be successful.

Jill Ellis