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15 quotes by Tiffeny Milbrett

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC) Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett (born October 23, 1972) is an American retired professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national soccer team. A native of Oregon, she starred at the University of Portland where she scored a then school record 103...
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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.

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

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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... →

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

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

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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... →

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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... →

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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... →

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