Angela Ruggiero Quotes

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• That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and…
• As a veteran, you're a little more poised on that mental side. But athletically, I didn't really think I could get better.
• But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of…
• I feel honored and privileged to have represented the USA program over the past 16 years. USA Hockey will always be a part of me…
• I look at myself, and how much I've gotten just because I play a sport well.
• I wish I could play the whole game and come back tomorrow.
• I'm getting more towards that point where I'm ready to kind of pass the torch on and see the next generation succeed behind me.
• I'm in the perfect position. It's a sports position and a political position where I can help better the lives of athletes around the world.
• I'm able to give a voice to the athletes around the world - use my degree for something other than the power play.
• I'm not playing for lack of options. But this is such a fleeting thing. When I'm done, I'm never, ever going to be able to…
• In a way, by being fully committed to the Olympic movement globally, I'm better able to promote women's hockey and talk about women's hockey and…
• Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward.
• There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.
• I have enough muscle already. Now I want to use it in more efficient ways.
• When you look back from your Olympic experience, you never want to question whether you could have done more. The one thing you can control…
• I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made…
• I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways…
• It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long…
• The more I've done work with the IOC the more I've come to realize I'm really excited about this, the work that I'm doing and…
• The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively,…

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