![]() For female athletes, it’s even harder, because we’re starting with fewer dollars to begin with. I think 80 percent of all professional male athletes go broke, right? There’s some crazy high statistic. The reality is, I only earned money for 14 years playing the sport. I’ll be retired from soccer for way longer than I ever was able to earn any money. But the truth is, when you retire at 35, you have to plan for the next 40, maybe 50 years. ![]() Even my family, they think I’m super wealthy. People are like, “Oh wow, you won gold medals, and World Cups, and you played on the Women’s National Team - you’re famous, and you’re going to be rich forever.” It’s one of the most frustrating things. I needed to figure out something else to do - not just because I wanted to make the world a better place, but out of need. When I retired, I did not have enough money to retire for the rest of my life. I was proud of it, like, I’ve got a Chipotle card! I was so worried about not making X while I was walking into my retirement that it actually brought up serious trauma for me. I was like, “Wow, that happened quick.” When something like that ceases to continue, you just have to thank your lucky stars that it happened at all. Is it true you have a special card that gets you a free burrito a day from Chipotle? It’s almost luck, whether you score or not. I should have just started putting this money away for their college futures.” My period of earning as an athlete is so small, and if you were even to get more micro on that, my period of actually earning big, life-changing dollars is even smaller. Now that I have children, I’m like, “Wow, what an idiot I am. I probably wasted quite a bit of money on those things. ![]() Unfortunately, I have two expensive habits and hobbies. When you started making big bucks, did you do smart things, or dumb things? All of daughters earn money for themselves, and they’re not reliant on anybody else for income. My other sister is a teacher, and a mother of two. When I was young, my mom told me, “Look, I have been completely reliant on your father, and I don’t want that for my girls.” So, my sister Beth is a surgeon, and now a mother of six. He worked hard, but my mom worked probably way harder, raising seven children. He sold farm garden supplies and vegetables, basically in a little farm market. You grew up the youngest of seven children. ![]()
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