Mia Hamm Quotes


"It is not sacrifice if you love what you're doing."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Love, Sacrifice)

"You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Impression, Want)

"There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Will)

"The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Vision, Exhaustion)

"The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Winning)

"Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: May)

"Success breeds success."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Success)

"If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Love, Conviction, Passion)

"I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Goals, Will)

"I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Hope, Girls)

"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Building, Fire, Light, Right)

"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Sacrifice)

"Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Time, Failure, Day, Practice)

"You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Goal, May, Worth)

"It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there."
- Mia Hamm
"Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it."
- Mia Hamm
(Related: Being)