American - Athlete | January 23, 1971 -
I tried Zumba, but I laughed the entire time! I was so bad, it's embarrassing.
Julie Foudy
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The ebb and flow of daily life can lead to wonderful highs, crushing lows, and everything in between.
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Yes, Clay Matthews has a long, golden, Fabio-esque flowing mane that most women would chick-slap someone for. And yes, the shiny, beautiful, dark locks that cascade out of Troy Polamalu's helmet are the envy of volume-challenged women and bald men everywhere. But do we need to talk about it incessantly?
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I grew up watching the Lakers and the Dodgers and the Rams, all local men's professional teams, and never really had any women that I grew up watching.
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My role models were all men. I grew up - I was a big 1980s Laker fan: you know, the years of Worthy, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and, you know, eight-foot-tall men that I could never emulate, and then these big 300-pound football players.
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Life doesn't just happen. You happen to life. You decide how you want to write your story.
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Most sports federations, corporations, and governments don't change voluntarily. Change is brought by the disenfranchised demanding better.
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I would be doing anything to avoid a 9-5 job and high heels. Lifeguard, beach volleyball player, whatever.
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It all comes down to perspective. When I get crabby about something, like the delay that was driving me crazy because I told my kids I'd be home for dinner, I have to remind myself where it fits in the scheme of things. We have to say, 'That's life,' which can sometimes be comforting.
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I remember the day I met Cammi Granato, a former star on the U.S. women's hockey team. We were at a Women's Sports Foundation dinner in 1996, and she came over to introduce herself. She had watched the U.S. women's soccer team win gold at the Atlanta Olympics and was hopeful the U.S. women's hockey team could do the same.
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Sports not only build better athletes but also better people.
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Sports help women stay in school longer and make them less likely to use drugs, break the law, or get pregnant at an early age.
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