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Focus Quote by Alex Scott

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“My mum never once tried to push me into something different, even though there was no way of making a living out of women's football. She supported me because she saw I was happy and that it gave me a focus to not be hanging around on the street.”

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Being a footballer was about analysing performance, never being satisfied, seeing what lessons you can learn and who you can learn from.

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When I played for Boston Breakers in my early twenties, I really stepped up my training, which meant running drills until you're sick.

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When things don't happen in my life, I believe that I've been pushed into another path for a reason, and there's a bigger picture.

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I watch a lot of live music, and I love the theatre, especially musicals.

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Putting the need of your team above personal self-interest is a difficult thing to do.

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I knew that, to be the best right-back in the world, I had to improve my fitness so I could run up and down…

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I'm that girl - I've never been camping; I don't even go to festivals because I hate the cold and the rain. If it…

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I never want anyone to think I've been given a helping hand. I've always worked for everything, whether it be on the football field…

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Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too?

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