This week I read Go for the Goal by Mia Hamm. She is the main focus of this book, because this is her autobiography. Mia Hamm has been recognized as the best female soccer player. Mia Hamm played with the United States women's national soccer team for 17 years. During that time she won 2 World Cups (1991, 1999), 2 World Cup bronze medals (1995, 2003), 2 Olympic Gold Medals (Atlanta 1996, Athens 2004) and a Silver medal (Sydney 2000). Her popularity built her one of the biggest fan bases of any American ahtlete male or female.
I would love to meet her and would as her the following:
1. What is the most important quality a soccer player should have? Based on Hamm's personality, believe she would say you need confidence, drive, and toughness.
2. How did you feel when you were recruited by North Carolina? I think she would say that it was her opportunity to develop as a soccer player but more importantly as a person.
3. What was the greatest compliment you ever received? Without a doubt Mia Hamm would say it was from Pele. He said he "was glad that he never had to go up against her."
4. Who did you rely on when games did not go as you planned? I think she would say her family and coach would comfort her, however, she would put it behind her and promise herself to move on.
I am close to reading 40 books. I still need more recommendations in the fantasy, historical fiction, and traditional literature catagories.
Good Job! i like the questions..they seem like questions i would have asked too!
ReplyDeleteHey, Chessa! Great post. I liked the questions and i think the answers could have been something that Mia Hamm would say. Well thought out! I would recommend To Be a Slave and Witness as historical fiction books.
ReplyDeletethanks kyleigh! you too maura...
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