Abby Espiritu quote: "Allow yourself to celebrate your sense of freedom , your capacity to make a choice and your strength in facing the truth. Not everyone has the courage to do so, even if it hurts……Knowing is KEY to acceptance."

We'd just pick up rocks and build a pile of rocks, or trees, and you had to kick it through them.
VICTOR ESPIRITU

The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championshi...
ABBY WAMBACH

Winning, you can overlook so many things.
ABBY WAMBACH

At the most elite level, your nutrition becomes a lifestyle: it's not something you have to do w...
ABBY WAMBACH

During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experie...
ABBY WAMBACH

I think making the referee aware of a situation, there is nothing wrong with that.
ABBY WAMBACH

This might sound masochistic or narcissistic, I don't know, but when I'm not playing the gam...
ABBY WAMBACH

I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. An...
ABBY WAMBACH

I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
ABBY WAMBACH

My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it ...
ABBY WAMBACH

I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're aft...
ABBY WAMBACH

I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can ge...
ABBY WAMBACH

As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym t...
ABBY WAMBACH

I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
ABBY WAMBACH

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's t...
ABBY WAMBACH

Sometimes there has to be a goat on some level, and I'm totally fine with that being me.
ABBY WAMBACH

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do wel...
ABBY WAMBACH

Whenever you get to win, you feel the satisfaction of all of your hard work, all the sacrifices, all...
ABBY WAMBACH

Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense ...
ABBY WAMBACH

There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
ABBY WAMBACH

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know th...
ABBY WAMBACH

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuf...
ABBY WAMBACH

A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.
ABBY WAMBACH

It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
ABBY WAMBACH

My dad was so much fun growing up.
ABBY ELLIOTT

I'm young but I'm not stupid.
ABBY ELLIOTT

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
ABBY ELLIOTT

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.
ABBY ELLIOTT

There are some different things I'm writing and developing, but I don't know where they'...
ABBY ELLIOTT

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really...
ABBY ELLIOTT

I want to make people laugh.
ABBY ELLIOTT

Swedish meatballs were the favorite, and the 'Happy Birthday, Poppy' cake with cream cheese frosting...
ABBY WHITE

Most viewers probably have no idea what the difference is between the two awards. It takes a very di...
ABBY WHITE

The theatrical community -- music and dance -- adds a unique touch to New York City. There are more ...
ABBY WHITE

People brought Poppy gifts. Bones and biscuits and toys. Everybody had a blast, including the dogs w...
ABBY WHITE

It doesn't matter how much tape you watch or who has the best game plan. I feel like in this game it...
ABBY WANER

We've come a long way. We're a much better team now.
ABBY WANER

She was a little intimidating, not as a person but just on the court because she's so physical and s...
ABBY WANER

Whenever she does say something, you know that she means it because she's not yelling every single p...
ABBY WANER

That's who we are -- a team that likes to press and run. That's what our depth does for us. At the e...
ABBY WANER

Anytime you can score a basket at the end of the half like that -- a 3-pointer, a post move, whateve...
ABBY WANER

But it's not done yet. We've still got a lot more to do.
ABBY WANER

I'm not worried about Mo -- at all.
ABBY WANER

I think another area is just playing with poise. You get in a lot of pressure situations, and I've b...
ABBY WANER

Just looking at the scoreboard and seeing we were up by [27] -- that was unbelievable to me.
ABBY WANER

People do this to live a healthy lifestyle and that's exactly the type of life I want to promote,
ABBY WAMBACH

worn in gold medal game against Brazil 2-1.
ABBY WAMBACH

This game was a bit of a heartbreaker.
ABBY WAMBACH

For some of them it's going to be their last go-round for an international event. I think that's goi...
ABBY WAMBACH

Right now we have a very recent goal of beating Canada and leaving this World Cup with our heads hel...
ABBY WAMBACH

We're a great team. We can play this game, and we've got a lot of naturally talented athletes who ar...
ABBY WAMBACH

To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it's a beautiful thing. It's reall...
ABBY WAMBACH

We want to make sure we're not putting people back onto the street who are going to commit crimes.
ABBY OTTENHOFF

We've seen great success at Sheridan in dealing with drug offenders and hope that we will be able to...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

We respect the pharmacists' rights to hold personal, moral, religious beliefs, but they can't allow ...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

We believe that will have a positive impact without (taking money away) from other programs.
ABBY OTTENHOFF

His position would be the same. These are sort of back-door attempts to raise consumer rates.
ABBY OTTENHOFF

We're still looking at some (donation) options. The vaccine is still in storage in the United Kingdo...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

The vendor provided the service that we asked and should be paid for it.
ABBY OTTENHOFF

It makes sense that the funding should go where the problem is. The senator's job and what he's doin...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

It makes sense that the funding should go where the problem is,
ABBY OTTENHOFF

Illinois faced a $5 billion deficit this year. The cost of prescription drugs is a major cost and it...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

This is so gratifying because of how we've come together. Everybody wants it.
ABBY GREEN

Whoever comes out and plays the best can do it.
ABBY GREEN

It's always tough to go up against him. He's been my most favorite coach to play for. I wish he were...
ABBY GREEN

Nothing was falling the first three quarters. I guess the free-throw line was the best way I could c...
ABBY GREEN

It sucks that it has to be categorized as 'chick rock' instead of just rock because so many women us...
ABBY GENNET

Some people think girls can't rock and we're here to prove them wrong. We're a real rock band and, r...
ABBY GENNET

Once she grabbed the bottle of Jack and started pouring it down people's throats, we knew she was a ...
ABBY GENNET

We're bringing AC/DC-like riffs, not a lot of whining like some rockers do. We don't like to bring r...
ABBY GENNET

The focus on great individuals is problematic because most people don't see themselves as capable of...
ABBY FERBER

It's pretty clear that no one is only oppressed in their life. This framework empowers everyone in t...
ABBY FERBER

For example, as a white woman, I'm shaped by my class, my gender, my race, my sex. My life is shaped...
ABBY FERBER

A real problem with Black History Month is that we focus on individuals, yet we ignore the larger so...
ABBY FERBER

I think that hurt their defense a lot, and it was a little easier to break them down.
ABBY FENNESSEY

That showed us where we really are. Wisconsin really showed us our strengths and weaknesses. That we...
ABBY FENNESSEY

Courtney did a lot. We couldn't have done it without her.
ABBY FENNESSEY

We just tried to wear her down because we couldn't stop her.
ABBY FENNESSEY

It was a big relief to finally get a goal. I knew if I kept shooting something would finally go in, ...
ABBY FENNESSEY

We were fired up. We were ready for this game. Our coach has pushed us hard in practice to get ready...
ABBY FENNESSEY

Everything is laid out really beautifully and we can see this whole process. It makes it really easy...
ABBY DERNBURG

They don't do much but find food, eat and reproduce.
ABBY DERNBURG

This worm goes from being an embryo to having its own embryos in three days. Even a fruit fly takes ...
ABBY DERNBURG

This is the basis of sexual reproduction-the ability of chromosomes to pair up and divide.
ABBY DERNBURG

If undertaken, it would be aimed at extending, not ending, the current economic expansion.
ABBY COHEN

Such a 'flu shot' is now widely expected and would be unlikely to unsettle investors beyond a transi...
ABBY COHEN

We expect 1999 and 2000 to be years of ongoing profit expansion, with better aggregate gains than 19...
ABBY COHEN

The basic conclusion is that 1999-2000 will bring further gains in corporate profits, mild-mannered ...
ABBY COHEN

If crude prices are near their trough, earnings should start to flatten out and move up.
ABBY COHEN

The principal conclusion is that we expect profit growth to continue through our new forecast horizo...
ABBY COHEN

I think what we had today was a disconnect between the stock market and the economy. The U.S. econom...
ABBY COHEN

I think it was more of an excuse. Weakness in Asia just hurts a strong economy a little bit around t...
ABBY COHEN

Data suggest that economic activity has bottomed and that the worst is now being reported for corpor...
ABBY COHEN

Models work when they are appropriate for the particular circumstance, but some of the best investme...
ABBY COHEN

We love each and every student.
ABBY BRUNER

Talk about it at home. Talk about responsibilities. School is a place where they work together.
ABBY BRUNER

Our main goal is with the kindergarten team to go with them and help them transition.
ABBY BRUNER

We often have parents who trickle in and meet the teachers.
ABBY BRUNER

In that game, they shot about thirty 3s. They were driving a lot more this time. They are a good tea...
ABBY BRENKACH

It's hard to lose by one, knowing one shot could have made the difference. It's sad because we playe...
ABBY BRENKACH

We wanted to slow it down and get a good shot, but we also had to score.
ABBY BRENKACH

We're going to have to play much better than this if we want to win on Saturday.
ABBY BRENKACH

I'm use to the double-team. I just look for open players. It's good to get an all-around game from e...
ABBY BRENKACH

The food was being rationed, and then after their arrest, the police threw out all that unopened foo...
ABBY BELLOWS

Students were aware that there was a risk of arrest for trespassing. That said, we certainly hoped t...
ABBY BELLOWS

These arrests have not slowed us down.
ABBY BELLOWS

The University was planning on arresting students, and, because of the vocal and sustained presence ...
ABBY BELLOWS

The 17 students sitting in Madison Hall are not sitting for arrest. We're demanding a living wage; w...
ABBY BELLOWS

Obsessions are repetitive thoughts which resemble worry and are accompanied by anxiety. Compulsions ...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

Constant preoccupation with food, weight, and body image is a sign that an eating disorder is sappin...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it lasts;...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

If you idolize someone for their accomplishments, and those accomplishments spurn you on to make gai...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy idea...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

There are fortunes being made by turning fans into victims and all it starts by creating that frenzy...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us t...
ABBY ARONOWITZ

Right after Jen [Jennifer McNamara] got hurt and we came back and won the tournament [Ryan Kickoff C...
ABBY ARLEDGE

In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent eve...
ABBY ARLEDGE

I'm used to it. I'm used to kind of getting shoved in the back row behind the hitters. I like it. I ...
ABBY ARLEDGE

I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, g...
ABBY ARLEDGE

I think it really just helps out our team because you have one person in there the whole time, so yo...
ABBY ARLEDGE

It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expens...
ABBY ANDERSON

People assume it's being tough on crime, but what you're doing is throwing these kids away. Studies ...
ABBY ANDERSON

When you treat a kid as an adult, they start to act as an adult in the way they commit crimes.
ABBY ANDERSON

They're not adults. They're kids. There's a lot of reasons why Connecticut shouldn't be so far behin...
ABBY ANDERSON

It's amazing to me that 16- and 17-year-olds are treated as adults no matter what. If we make a big ...
ABBY ANDERSON

When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role...
ABBY WAMBACH

I think there's so much emphasis on body image and results and outcome, but really what you shou...
ABBY WAMBACH

From a pretty early age, my mother realized that I was a little bit more gifted and talented than my...
ABBY WAMBACH

Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you g...
ABBY WAMBACH

My nephew has type 1 diabetes, and it's my goal and hope that in his lifetime there will be a cu...
ABBY WAMBACH

My parents, they're the kind of people that didn't want me to get a big head, so they just k...
ABBY WAMBACH

I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.
ABBY WAMBACH

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if yo...
ABBY WAMBACH

Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground...
ABBY WAMBACH

Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
ABBY WAMBACH

I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I w...
ABBY WAMBACH

I'm going to do anything I can do - whether that's being part of FIFA or creating some sort ...
ABBY WAMBACH

One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and j...
ABBY WAMBACH

I think this one is going to get us ready for Capital again. I think before with them we've been hes...
ABBY WORLAND

We've always come out strong in the first against them, but never really put it away. We let them st...
ABBY WORLAND

We're really frustrated because we knew we were so close and we weren't even playing our game. It's ...
ABBY WORLAND

Just to know what to do and what to look out for.
ABBY SMITH

I just believe my best asset is as a defensive player. On the free throws, I really wanted to make t...
ABBY SMITH

These barrier islands are in many places the first line of defense for the mainland. If we have anot...
ABBY SALLENGER

There is reason to believe this particular set of islands have been pushed over the edge.
ABBY SALLENGER

We're reviewing it right now.
ABBY OTTENHOFF

I missed some shots at the beginning of the game, but I knew I had to keep taking it to the basket.
ABBY OLIVER

The first day, I played really good. I hit almost every green, and I hit two 30-foot birdie puts. To...
ABBY OBERTHIER

We had a lot of motivation for tonight. We had tough practices to get ready for this one. It was a b...
ABBY MYERS

Oh yeah, I'm excited. I'm just tired.
ABBY MYERS

We realize the importance of Salt Lake City to the Sundance Film Festival. The city has been very su...
ABBY MCNULTY

We'd like to maintain a good traffic flow, to make it an enjoyable experience and hopefully not caus...
ABBY MCNULTY

It is a dream come true. I see the excitement on the students' faces and can only imagine the possib...
ABBY LEVINE

While the 'insubstantial part' test is the default, it's usually not the best option for most organi...
ABBY LEVINE

Kiwi is another good source of fiber so it can help lower cholesterol levels, which can reduce the r...
ABBY KALLIO

The students have been practicing for their speeches since January. We opened the speech contest to ...
ABBY FLAHERTY

It's just a way for students here to show pride in the FFA. The officers picked something different ...
ABBY FLAHERTY

We're very proud of our students. They've worked really hard and they've accomplished a lot.
ABBY FLAHERTY

That's just another name people throw around.
ABBY ENGEBOSE

Americans unfortunately tend to go to extremes. So if you say fat may be bad, then they'll try to el...
ABBY BLOCH

People just think fat is the devil incarnate, and that's an incorrect message.
ABBY BLOCH

I don't think this study negates the benefits of a properly done low-carbohydrate diet.
ABBY BLOCH

Right after Jen [Jennifer McNamara] got hurt and we came back and won the tournament [Ryan Kickoff C...
ABBY ARLEDGE

My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion.
ABBY WAMBACH

Let me lay bare my soul
to show you’re not alone
in this naked rawness

- Vuln...
ABBY ROSMARIN

I went par, birdie, par, and I kind of rattled her chain when I hit that par. The next whole I hit a...
ABBY OBERTHIER

Spinach is not only tasty, but it can help prevent osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cancer and art...
ABBY KALLIO

If someone breaks your best friend's heart, you should break their face
ABBY SHANLEY

It's just big enough to hold a substantial audience and is intimate enough to be an ideal location f...
ABBY MCNULTY

In this case, we had the vaccine tested. It was found to still be potent for the 2004-2005 flu strai...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

We wish they would've done it sooner or lowered drug prices.
ABBY OTTENHOFF

In the locker room coach [Steve Buchanan] said 60 percent of our scoring came off assists, so it was...
ABBY OLIVER

Only in the world of mathematics do two negatives multiply into a positive.
ABBY MOREL

They probably have me up on a poster by now. Warning: this girl is emotionally unstable. Do not allo...
ABBY MCDONALD

Don't write off a book (or person, or movie) just because it had a pink, sparkly cover.
ABBY MCDONALD

The modeling world – and the world at large – is a pretty cruel place. It’s up to you to decid...
ABBY ROSMARIN

Revenue is way up and we've cut costs in other areas, so we're in a good position to do these things...
ABBY OTTENHOFF

fake people notice the most fake things in the most real people
ABBY REYNOLDS

They sacrifice, and they come here to New York and find a 50 percent dropout rate. Some of the kids ...
ABBY SMITH

You know me, I'm not that kind of person that cares to unveil all of my personal things to the w...
ABBY WAMBACH

When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how yo...
ABBY WAMBACH

When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lo...
ABBY WAMBACH

Living forever is easy: be born again. (It's the relationship with your Saviour that's difficult)
ABBY MOREL

You only live once, but can be born twice. Then, you can live forever.
ABBY MOREL

A thoughtful expression crossed the woman’s damp face. “I used to beat myself up over my body. W...
ABBY NILES

Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.
ABBY WAMBACH

Having different people come together and be on a team and win a world championship is literally, I ...
ABBY WAMBACH

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think ...
ABBY WAMBACH

I don’t exist
metal pressed to pages
spilling blood, ink
in vein each thought rages...
ABBY MUSGROVE

Can you really blame me for finding it so hard to let go?
ABBY MCDONALD

International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, pl...
ABBY WAMBACH

I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
ABBY WAMBACH

Fact is just fiction with different storytellers
ABBY SLOVIN

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, read...
ABBY WAMBACH

I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
ABBY WAMBACH

I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be...
ABBY WAMBACH

When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for ...
ABBY WAMBACH

To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
ABBY WAMBACH

The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setb...
ABBY WAMBACH

Allow yourself to celebrate your sense of freedom , your capacity to make a choice and your strength in facing the truth. Not everyone has the courage to do so, even if it hurts……Knowing is KEY to acceptance.

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Allow yourself to celebrate your sense of freedom , your capacity to make a choice and your strength in facing the truth. Not everyone has the courage to do so, even if it hurts……Knowing is KEY to acceptance.

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