I admire Mia Hamm. Her courage, passion, and commitment is amazing. She broke Pele's record of 107 goals in her career by one-108 goals in her career. Mia Hamm is now retired, but was and still is the best woman's soccer player in the world. After the US women team won gold in a 1991 tournament, her body completely broke down. Mia couldn't move her body for 24 hours straight, couldn't keep anything down, and had to miss the teams celebratory world tour.

It was then and there that I realized what a strong person Mia Hamm was, both mentally and physically.