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It's important to show your vulnerabilities. I'm proud of my body, I'm proud of my sport, I'm proud of being a female athlete. Being naked is just another aspect of that. It's real. It's raw. It's honest.

I have to win, even if I'm just playing pingpong. If I lose, I get so pissed off and need a second. But I think it's that way with a lot of people at this level -- we are all super competitive.

I just acted like there was nobody in the entire stadium. People ask me, "What were you thinking during that game-winning penalty kick in the 2011 World Cup?" I was actually thinking absolutely nothing. I just walked up there and was so inspired by my teammates who rocked all their PKs; they just killed it. I figured I might as well do the same, or they might have my neck.

Krieger means "warrior" in German. I think that name fits perfectly because I've overcome a lot of adversity throughout my career. I've had three major injuries, I had a pulmonary embolism when I was 21 years old. My knee injury right before the Olympics, too. Just trying to overcome that and being a warrior through all those experiences. I really feel like I'm this powerful, yet calm and consistent type of player.

I consider Germany my second home. The tattoo on the side of my body is from the first German book I ever read, "The Little Prince." Translated, it says, "One can see good with the heart, because what is essential is invisible to the eye." It represents my time there [with FFC Frankfurt, 2007-12]. It stuck with me and inspired me.

I love to do lunges because I don't want my butt to start sagging. I say that to my trainer all the time; he thinks I'm nuts.

If I could get a new pair of feet after I'm done playing, that would be great. I hate my feet. I wear my shoes really tight, so sometimes I have calluses or blisters or whatever, it's just not attractive. But they are my tools to play, and I need to keep them healthy; I need them at their best.

Even just thinking about it now gets me pretty upset. I was doing so well during the World Cup in 2011 and I was so pumped about the Olympics, and then I had my knee injury. To have those dreams crushed by some girl who makes one bad tackle was pretty upsetting. I had to just cheer everyone on at the Olympics instead of being able to help the team. Everything else was out of my control.

I'm a quick healer. That injury taught me to persevere. I'm proud that I'm back at 110 percent three years later and playing again at the highest level, because I never thought that I could do that. I feel like I'm a better player now than even when I was at the World Cup.

I once thought I would never be able to kick a ball again. In college I broke my leg playing against our boys club team two days before the NCAA tournament. He kind of just like took me out, and I fell down and broke my leg. It was a spiral fracture, so I got surgery. Then I was flying over Christmas break, and I had blood clots in my leg and in my lungs. I didn't know at the time, but I wasn't feeling right. I couldn't even go to the bathroom without feeling out of breath. When I went to the doctor they told me it was a good thing I came in, because if I would have gone to sleep that night, I probably would never have woken up. I was 21 years old and just thinking, "This wasn't even my fault." I had no idea if I was even going to live through this.