Top 60 Christen Press Quotes

When I’m home, I like to plan out all of my workout routines and all of my eating for the whole week.

I always want to take on the giants.

I kind of felt like I was never good enough. I always wanted more.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

When you’re transitioning, and you’re trying to develop a better brand of soccer, at some point, you have to step backward before you step forward.

I’m very organized. I have my day-to-day schedule, every 15 minutes, written out.

In Sweden, if a player has the ball, and you’re running across the line of vision, you would never call for the ball. In the United States, if you’re open, you’re screaming.

I love to be outside.

If you win games, at the top, there’s no pressure to change. You change when you have to change. You change when you don’t win anymore.

I’m a once-a-week grocery shopper; I get everything I need for the week, and then in the morning, I have my breakfast, pack three snacks, my lunch, and drinks to stay hydrated in a little cooler. I always have a snack on hand in case I get hungry throughout the day. I love my little cooler!

It’s something special being able to build a program up.

I’m very grateful for the way that I feel when I play. I feel very powerful, I feel fast, I feel unstoppable, and that’s because of my body.

I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.

No Tinder, no Match, nothing. I don’t mind going up to people when I’m out. I have a better chance of getting a read on them that way.

No hidden talents, but I have a lot of hobbies. Acrylic painting – I got a whole set, and I light candles at night and sit there and paint and look out on Lake Michigan.

It’s really special to play with your friends for your country.

I’ve never been cold during a big game. It’s the adrenaline. You’re always moving.

Whether I’m running up and down the field or running errands, I make it a point to ensure that my skin is protected.

I’m a dreamer, and I’m a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that’s hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.

My first year with Gothenburg was the most carefree because I was playing on a middle-of-the-table team in Sweden. It was a lot less of the global attention.

Serena Williams is my sports idol.

I always want to keep my skin clean when I get up in the morning, and I use sunscreen before I go out to the field.

The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there’s history to the teams. There’s already that football support culture.

Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I’ve learned that there’s a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I’m on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.

I didn’t have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.

I’ve spent a lot of time being insecure about my body, but it’s done so much for me. It’s my tool, my vessel for my job.

I’ve stayed away from the actual L.A. scene for most of my life.

When I started playing in Sweden, there was nobody watching. No one knew who I was, so I was just playing for the love of the game. And after my first season, my coach came up to me and said, ‘Of all the people you’re the one who smiles the most on the field,’ and that was the biggest compliment I ever received.

I’m grateful for all of our fans because at the end of the day, they give us purpose.

I’ve had chronic back pain since I was a preteen – like, 12. I have really funny posture. I developed this funny posture where I hunch my back a little bit when I’m playing, and I overuse my back muscles instead of my abs. My posture has put a lot of strain on my lower back.

If I put my pinkie to my thumb, I can cover my wrist all the way to the knuckle. When I get a watch, I always have to go and get extra holes put in or get a special bracelet that’s adjustable.

In my time abroad, I learned to become a more complete player.

I think the American sports culture has the idea that professional athletes need so much, like flying private planes, which obviously we don’t, but that’s the American sports culture when they think of the NFL and the NBA.

I think my most happy and carefree state was 2012 because I really did say, ‘Forget everything. I’m going to play for myself.’

It’s important for girls to feel strong and powerful even when they’re playing sports.

When I was able to better live in the moment that I was in, I think that it really freed me.

I love Chicago. I think it’s an amazing city.

I’ve always preferred a 4-3-3. It’s a more fluid and dynamic system, and I think it plays to my strengths better.

Staying grounded, eating healthy, doing yoga, staying out of the sun to protect my skin – I think that the daily decisions we make to protect our bodies are the best ways we can care for them.

When I left the U.S., I sort of left that frustration and that pressure to make the national team behind me.

I think, a lot of my career and my life before I went to Sweden, I felt like I was trying to be someone else.

If I simply stay in that moment on the pitch and read the game, I can do so much more.

We stress out over things we can’t control. So if something is a stressor, you can just simply take the power away from it by focusing on something else.

I haven’t had many injuries, and I know that’s because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.

With yoga, it works every part of the body and increases range of motion. People think you get super flexible and you lose your power in sport. I’m getting back to normal because I’m so wound up and tight.

I used to be so focused on winning, I had a really hard time enjoying soccer. If I missed a shot, I would spend a lot of time thinking about how I’d disappointed my teammates. Then I learned how moments of struggle make you stronger.

It took me a while to learn, but we are allowed to make mistakes and have flaws.

As a goal scorer, my focus is always on converting my chances and being clinical in the box. That’s my No. 1 priority.

My mom is just authentically herself all the time. She loves herself. She loves her sense of humor. She brings people in when she talks. She brings people in when she laughs. Watching her, I think that that’s when I first learned and was encouraged to be myself and to sort of love and live in that way.

I try to practice mindfulness at all times, including the times where I’m nervous and I’m stressed.

Of course I have other passions and other interests, but soccer’s always my priority.

I really feel gratitude every day in my life that I’m able to do what I love, and I think, because I have that passion and spirit, I’ve had success.

When you’ve learned to love yourself, you get all the things that come with that. Friends, passion, success.

I remember playing games and having tears roll down my face because it felt like it was never going to be good enough.

I encourage all players to work to be their best, which includes looking for opportunities beyond the playing field.

As a professional athlete, part of my job is to make sure I’m consuming high quality nutrients.

When I went to Sweden, I sort of found out who I was.

Everyone, especially athletes and fans everywhere, need to make sunscreen and sun protection a priority.

While I don’t know if I exist in the land of the elite, I’m definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.

There’s a lot that’s out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.