#ay

Well, I'll tell you, one of things I'm proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn't grow up around coal mines, I learned a lot that tragic day we lost twenty-nine miners at Upper Big Branch coal mine. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#big #branch #california #coal #day

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can. ↗

— Hope Solo

#been #best #family #family life #fighter

You're always going to survive the pain of loss. I can live with that confidence inside of me. ↗

— Hope Solo

#confidence #going #i #i can #inside

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids. ↗

— Hope Solo

#especially #fun #hate #have fun #i

I just want to stay in my hotel room, read my book. I enjoy that private time. ↗

— Hope Solo

#enjoy #hotel #hotel room #i #just

I've learned that winning isn't everything, and it's more about the journey. But at the end of the day, I just want to stand on the podium with the gold medal. ↗

— Hope Solo

#day #end #end of the day #everything #gold

It took putting one foot in front of the other every single day to get through it to the point where I made it back on the team and won a gold medal in 2008. ↗

— Hope Solo

#day #every #every single day #foot #front

My confidence comes from the daily grind - training my butt off day in and day out. ↗

— Hope Solo

#confidence #daily #day #grind #off

My father was never around. But I glorified my father, and I was always daddy's little girl. He was my first soccer coach. ↗

— Hope Solo

#around #coach #daddy #father #first

My dog can bark like a congressman, fetch like an aide, beg like a press secretary and play dead like a receptionist when the phone rings. ↗

— Gerald B. H. Solomon

#bark #beg #congressman #dead #dog