Julie Foudy, U.S. National Soccer Hall of Famer

Julie Foudy (0:00)

I don't really care what people think about me anymore. And obviously, you want them to respect you, but there is a freedom of expression, of thought, of getting out of your comfort zone, that in the past, you start going, wait, second guessing everything, or maybe I'm not saying this the right way, or maybe this opinion isn't well formulated. I don't do that anymore with stuff.

And I love that. Now, it's not a complete disregard, and I'll just say whatever I want to say, but I'm not consumed as so many people are in being interesting. I'm much more consumed with being interested.

Michael Gervais (0:50)

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Now, this week's conversation is with Julie Foudy, a former captain of the USA Women's Soccer Team, the Olympic and World Cup teams. And Julie has had a sensational soccer career while playing on the US. National Team for 17 years. She was a captain for 13 of those years, three-time Olympian with two gold medals and one silver, played in four World Cups, winning two of them. And I shouldn't say she won them. She was part of a team, an instrumental part of the team. So the team won them and she was a massive contributor to those wins.