Carli Lloyd

Of course, my parents didn't want to see that happen.

They had, you know, spent numerous weekends and hours and money giving me the opportunity to kind of lay this foundation.

And they did know that I loved it.

So

I finally figured out that I just had to face it.

And I really believe that the only way through any challenge and obstacle in life is through it.

And you become better when you just go through it.

Exactly.

I remember that from your book.

And so I started to just change my mindset, started to work hard, started to work on a lot of things that I wasn't necessarily good at.

I got myself fit, hated running, but I just, I just did it.

And I knew that I had to do it and have now grown to love running.

It's therapeutic for me.

It's, it's my outlet.

So it,

Again, that first half of my life, you know, was pretty much relying on my talent up to that point.

And like anything in life, talent only gets you so far.

And so that second part of my life from the under 21 days, you know, all the way until this point, yeah, it's a tale of two different people, two different Carlys.

And

You know, right now it's been about, you know, digging deep and I had the motivation.