Abby Wambach Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from the Soccer Legend
If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.
Success is no accident. It’s hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.
Every single day, I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.
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.
The only way to do something great is to love what you do.
I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. Ive failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Dream big and dare to fail.
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That’s what makes you a winner.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.
If you’re going to play a game, play it with all your heart.
Success isn’t just about how hard you work. It’s also about how you recover from failure.
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
Don’t be afraid of failure. Be afraid of not trying.
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.
I have failed over and over again, that is why I succeed.
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Believe that you were born to do something great.
Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.
Success is not about what you accomplish in your life, it’s about what you inspire others to do.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Success is not given, it is earned.
Success is not the absence of failure; it is the persistence through failure.
If you want it, go out and get it. It’s that simple.
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.
The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.
Keep taking risks. Better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all.
If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.
Every day is an opportunity to grow and improve.
The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.
Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you’ve ever been, to stand up taller than you ever were.
The only limit is the one you set yourself.
Success is not about winning every battle. It’s about staying true to your values and fighting for what you believe in.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.