Mia Hamm Best quotes

 Mia Hamm Best quotes



Who is Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm is a former American soccer player who competed with the U.S. women's national soccer team for 17 years. She won the Women's World Cup in 1991 and 1999, and took Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004

In 1994, Hamm married her college sweetheart, Christiaan Corry. The couple split in 2001, and Hamm married professional baseball player Nomar Garciaparra in 2003. After helping her team win gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Hamm retired to start a family.

In 1999, Hamm founded the Mia Hamm Foundation, which is dedicated to bone marrow research, after her brother, Garrett, died of complications from a rare blood disease called aplastic anemia shortly after the 1996 Olympics.

Tennis Player Mia Hamm Motivational Quotes

It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there. Mia Hamm

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match. Mia Hamm

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion. 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

True champions aren't always the ones that win, but those with the most guts. Mia Hamm

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them. Mia Hamm

There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one. Mia Hamm

It is not sacrifice if you love what you're doing. Mia Hamm

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. Mia Hamm

I hope all you young girls see yourself up there... we were just like you. Mia Hamm


Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it. Mia Hamm


I don't like to play rough, but I will if I have to. Mia Hamm

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