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Brandi Chastain

Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1988–2004. In her 192 caps on the team, she scored 30 goals playing primarily in the defender and midfielder positions. She scored a World Cup-winning penalty shootout goal against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final.

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Women can be incredible role models for their kids, neighbors and communities just by making good choices in terms of what they're eating and whether they're exercising.

Communities, Exercise, Incredible, Kids, Making, Role Models

Conversation is good - you might not agree with everyone, but at least it gives you a chance to contemplate someone else's ideas.

Agree, Chance, Conversation, Giving, Ideas, Might

You're just trying to be yourself, and for me, playing soccer is being myself. One day, you're one person on a team. The next thing people are asking your opinion about things you're not an expert on. Because they recognize you, they think you must know something about something - which isn't necessarily the case.

Being Yourself, Person, Playing, Soccer, Team

Number one, it was a chance to thank my parents, because they passed away a couple of years ago. They gave me so much by giving me the opportunity to play soccer, and I wanted to share the story we had together.

Chance, Couple, Giving, Number, Soccer, Sports

I played mostly games like Asteroids and Pac-Man. Today, when I go into an arcade, the games are much more difficult and complex. I don't think I could even play some of the video games that are out there today.

Asteroids, Complex, Men, Sports, Thinking, Today

I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.

Fun, Old, Soccer, Sports, Thought

Julie, Mia and I just met for a couple days, doing some work but really under the guise of having fun. We do events like the Women's Sports Foundation Dinner, where we get to not only do a good thing for the community but we get to hang out with one another again.

Couple, Fun, Guise, Sports, Thing, Under

And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.

Athlete, Kids, Motivational, Position, Tell

And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates.

Environment, Games, Gave, Remember, Sports, Training

What I've really learned is to be open to listen to other people's opinions and then question my own thoughts. And learn how to talk to people. The biggest gift from having one of these moments is that it gets people talking.

Gift, Learn, Opinion, Opinions, People, Talking

To be honest with you, I never looked at soccer as a sacrifice.

Honest, Looked, Sacrifice, Soccer, Sports

Never assume greatness is for someone else. Imagine every day that you too can do great things. Have the courage to take the challenge, make the mistakes, and move forward.

Challenge, Greatness, Make, Mistake, Moving, Things

I think there are a lot of things that soccer does in the communities that transcend the soccer field.

Communities, Football, Soccer, Things, Thinking

I think Id like to be able to heal peoples pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.

Pain, Loneliness, Thinking, Think, Heal

I think soccer is more respected now than it ever has been. You can see that in the numbers of young kids who are playing and the numbers of people who are coming to watch.

Kids, Numbers, Playing, Respected, Soccer, Sports

Soccer has given me a place to express myself, fully and openly. To not be shy. To feel. To be crazy. To try things I might not try. To be honest in relationships. To make mistakes and realize that they're not life-shattering.

Crazy, Express, Given, Mistake, Openly, Soccer

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

Australia, Game, Mom, Side, Soccer, Travel

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

Communities, Community, Healthier, Kids, Leader, Leaders

I cannot keep myself away from ice cream. I have two flavors that are my favorite: chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla swiss almond. I can eat a whole pint of ice cream in one sitting, no problem!

Chocolate, Cream, Eat, Ice Cream, Swiss, Two

The "r" word [racism] is a scary word to me - I don't like to say it. I'm not trying to say it doesn't exist. It's incredibly inflammatory and invites a lot of awful mistakes and injustices that have happened and still do happen. It's a word that has been thrown around in a way that incites a lot of bad feelings in most people.

Bad, Happened, Inflammatory, Mistake, People, Racism

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