#us

I grew up in a modest neighborhood just outside of Los Angeles. It was an industrial community of blue-collar, working people... some of the hardest-working people I've ever met. ↗

— Hilda Solis

#blue-collar #community #ever #grew #i

You're alone in your ideas, because you're the only one who knows what's possible. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#because #ideas #knows #only #possible

I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.' ↗

— Hope Solo

#i #like #people #prison #prison break

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest. ↗

— Al Franken

#back #doing #focused #getting #home

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity. ↗

— Hope Solo

#end #every #i #i think #jump

I don't just want to focus on soccer, soccer, soccer. You're going to look back 20 years from now and of course you're going to remember the games. But I'm going to remember seeing my family in the stands. ↗

— Hope Solo

#course #family #focus #games #going

Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus. ↗

— Hope Solo

#extremists #focus #laser #training

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 never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe. ↗

— Hope Solo

#europe #felt #game #headaches #i