Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Tiffeny Milbrett

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Last updated on October 7, 2024.

Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett is an American former professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national team. In May 2018 the National Soccer Hall of Fame announced Milbrett will be enshrined in the Hall. A native of Oregon, she starred at the University of Portland where she scored a then school record 103 goals during her career. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 in Atlanta and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She also played in three World Cups, winning in 1999. She is in the top five all-time in the United States national soccer team in three offensive categories.

American - Athlete | Born: October 23, 1972

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Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I'm not saying I didn't have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I've known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'm best at and that I love. But if it was just about the game itself, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But that's not how the real world works.

Tiffeny Milbrett

But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I want to be the goal scorer and the play maker out there. I have been doing that all my life.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.

Tiffeny Milbrett

To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I couldn't change who I am; I couldn't change the kind of player I am.

Tiffeny Milbrett

You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

Tiffeny Milbrett

My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I don't think the game should be perfect. It's 95 percent mistakes out there - you have to work with 10 players on your side and another 11 against you. It's a crazy, chaotic game.

Tiffeny Milbrett

It's not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Everybody has down times and stuff that they have to work through. I worked through that stuff because I've always wanted to be playing soccer.

Tiffeny Milbrett

If you are passionate about something, that will enable you to be the best you can be.

Tiffeny Milbrett

The game of soccer has been able to give me what I wanted out of life. I just remember being a total Tomboy and athlete as a girl, but never having a lack of opportunity.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Its not like you make a decision and everything inside you is 100 percent happy.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.

Tiffeny Milbrett

When it's game situation, when it's game day, game time, when it's World Cup, when it's these tournaments that happen once every so often, I live for that, I live for that challenge.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Ive known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Do you have the heart to push yourself? If you don't, find a way to get it because talent will only get you so far. You've got to be hungry. You've got to have heart. That's just reality.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Coaches give you too much information. Ive been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.

Tiffeny Milbrett