Ali Krieger Quotes

I wore No. 25 in college, so naturally when I arrived in Orlando, I wanted that number, but Nick Anderson had it. I decided to go with No. 1 because of my name, Penny.

Eight is a number I always liked. It's also the number my dad wore when he played football, so it's special to me. I am aware that it's a big number here at Liverpool, and I am very excited to wear it.

The name Zahra was to have been lman's own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.

I played baseball in college but I didn't identify with the jocks, I was in my own little world .

My main lucky number is 9. That was my baseball number in high school. My other lucky number is 3, because that's the one I wore before I got to high school and had to pick a different one.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

My real name is Elizabeth, but I had a nanny growing up who called me 'Elizabeanie.' So from 4 months old, my brothers were, like, 'Let's call her Beanie.' To show people the validity of it, I always say that if I met the president, I would say, 'Hi, my name is Beanie.'

I grew up in a very religious family, so that was never going to leave me. I just accepted it over the years. Although I'm not religious myself, it is so much a part of me. It's a part of my history, a part of my tradition and my culture, so I don't want to just throw it away and leave it behind, because it's made me who I am today.

My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food.

The only introduction to sports that I had before meeting my husband was Buffalo Bills football and Doug Flutely Flakes. My dad grew up in Buffalo and has been a Bills fan all his life.

In college I played power forward because I was one of the biggest guys on the team and my versatility allowed me to do that.

I come from a very sporty family.

In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.

The first time I played basketball was with my dad and my older brother Thanasis.

Seeing my father's handwriting puts me in contact with the man he was at each stage of his life.

My whole family growing up played sports, so I'm definitely from a strong sporting background.

I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

There is a level of intimacy in sharing the foods that have shaped me.

Freshman year of college, one of my coaches was out with family friends or whatever. Somebody said my name and kind of stuttered it or mumbled it. He was like, 'What'd you say? Mr. Biscuit?' instead of Mitchell Trubisky. It kind of stuck that week of practice, and that's what all the boys started calling me.

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition in basketball.

My parents and my older brother played. You kind of want to do what your family does. They were on the court. I'm like, 'I want to be on the court, too.'

My sister plays for PSG. My brother played, too, but not professionally. So I had no choice!

I'm a BYU guy.

Manute Bol taught my family the game of basketball.

I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.