Mia Hamm Quotes: Wisdom from Soccer’s Greatest

The person that said winning isn?t everything, never won anything. – Mia Hamm

The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching. – Mia Hamm

If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion. – Mia Hamm

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

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don?t settle for them. – Mia Hamm

You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it’s worth it if you score a spectacular goal. – Mia Hamm

I?ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. – Mia Hamm

True champions aren?t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts. – Mia Hamm

My coach said I run like a girl, I said if he ran a little faster he could too. – Mia Hamm

Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. – Mia Hamm

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it. – Mia Hamm

Opportunities, many times, are so small that we glimpse them not and yet they are often the seeds of great enterprises. – Mia Hamm

Every single day I woke up and committed myself to becoming a better player. – Mia Hamm

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it. – Mia Hamm

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

If a team wants to intimidate you physically and you let them, they’ve won. – Mia Hamm

Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. – Mia Hamm

It is not sacrifice if you love what you’re doing. – Mia Hamm

It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there. – Mia Hamm

True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts. – Mia Hamm

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking. – Mia Hamm

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them. – Mia Hamm

My coach said I run like a girl, and I said if he ran a little faster he could too. – Mia Hamm.

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.

The person that said winning isn’t everything, never won anything.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

You can’t just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they’ll always remember you and fear you.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.

It is not sacrifice if you love what you’re doing.

True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.

I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals.

My coach said I run like a girl, and I said if he ran a little faster he could too.