Mia Hamm Quote: Mia Hamm’s Inspiring Quotes for Achieving Your Life’s Purpose
Brittany Holland
Prior to the likes of Solo and Wambach — and even Rapinoe, Morgan, and Lloyd — there was Mia Hamm, the undisputed icon of American women’s soccer, a role model to the current crop of rock star soccer stars.
Early Life
Her early life began on March 17th, 1972, in Selma, Alabama, where Mariel was born Margaret Marie Hamm-Garciaparra. Mia was born with a club foot as a result of her family’s frequent travels as a military family.
While growing up on a military base in Italy, she discovered soccer for the first time. After moving to Texas when Hamm was five, she joined her first soccer team. She went on to be a star athlete in her high school.
In 1987, at the age of fifteen, she played in the US Olympic Festival for the first time for the United States national team.
At the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Hamm continued to play soccer after graduating from high school. A four-year span saw Mia lead the Tar Heels to four NCAA Women’s Division I Soccer Championships, including the most recent in 2015. When Hamm was on the field, the Tar Heels only lost one game over this period.
In terms of her professional career, Mia Hamm’s engagement with the US National Team has been the most important thing to her. Hamm scored in her 17th game after debuting in 1987.
During the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup held in China, she was included in the official roster. She was the team’s youngest player even though she was 19 years old.
The US national team proceeded to the championship game with victories over Sweden and Brazil, thanks in part to her goals.
Mia Hamm Quote:-
“True champions aren’t always the ones that win, but those with the most guts.”
— Mia Hamm
#Sports #Athlete #Winning
“Focus on what you know you can do. Know what you’re capable of on any given day, and what you can count on. Do the simple things well, and then use the confidence to build up the rest of your game. Learn to differentiate between what is truly important and what can be dealt with at another time.”
— Mia Hamm
#Simple #Games #Focus
“The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion when nobody else is looking.”
— Mia Hamm
“I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.”
— Mia Hamm
#Sports #Volleyball #Business
“Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back… play for her.”
— Mia Hamm
#Girl #Athlete #Practice
“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”
— Mia Hamm
#Inspirational #Motivational #Soccer
“My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too”
— Mia Hamm
#Girl #Running #Littles
“I’m a part of a team, and I’m no better or any worse than any single player on this team. That’s the approach I’ve always had and will continue to have. It’s not about me. It has never been all about me. If it had, this would have been a really lonely journey.”
— Mia Hamm
#Fitness #Lonely #Team
“We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.”
— Mia Hamm
