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After the Show Show: Hope Solo

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    US Women's Soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo talks about winning gold in London

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She's got two gold medals congratulations.

Hope Solo thing and I -- memoirs that.

That is crazy to me -- I had still having citing.

I keep thinking perhaps you haven't read it quite yet is that Anthony answer all the questions politely answer -- -- all right then but for.

But arena and -- I am -- just remember -- Garnett pulled them about you know you talk a lot about the last Olympics so let's talk about the when we just concluded.

If you would what was the best thing about it for you and what was the worst thing.

The best thing about it legs.

That I felt like it lists that team and everybody who knows me you know I've been on the US team -- in -- -- for over a decade you know.

And I've never felt like it was my eighteen mark our team -- I never felt that camaraderie with my -- had hundreds and for the press time I would have done anything I could to help our captain.

-- how -- win that we don't because we know that serving in the announcement that he mountain -- -- people understand and I'm happy you.

You know sometimes he play because he -- -- immigrants and I've I've done for a month.

I've played for my family because it sacrificed so much at play because -- just a competitor and I want to win I'll -- The for the first time and peddling -- -- and then finally realized what it.

What it meant to you they -- team that's that's what what was the worst thing what was the down -- the worst thing the reason.

I have.

Kind of a breaking point.

And my excellence in Scotland -- academy instead it.

And it was a loud and you know I have -- that drug test says.

That's silly stuff about that today so be in drunk on The Today Show it's never -- -- where the case.

And and then it just it felt like things are just spiraling downhill help me I was playing -- about soccer.

I was having -- kind of make teammates helped us he could spot.

But it just felt like the media wanted to bringing down.

They can find anything Internet -- and -- and obviously the banning testing -- did not help.

That all the sudden I'm thinking -- -- have given my life.

To help improve became I have given my wife to the sport to make.

To make it easier for female athletes and now I'm being told I'm selfish I'm not a team player -- I'm not a role model and that really currently -- I think that was the hardest part of against -- but it.

Everybody knows me knows I -- like.

Screw everybody.

And it SI Soledad and I'm gonna go out and excitement may get -- gonna win give us a little sends him.

What goes on in Olympic village -- lever that we are -- We just we just went to different rating what.

Our personal.

-- right -- From the motherland and I was sleeping -- -- away.

From my roommate it was horrible.

I can't believe that he wouldn't.

But now he waved to a place I was -- approach it -- -- I.

Cannot.

Yeah I -- -- other country.

That would -- -- I had read some other research about the past Olympics and there -- certain things that came -- -- -- have been doing it you know we'd been different story.

You put that many athletes together he can't predict what's going to take place but we're in an analyst for -- -- Matt -- It's not -- if -- -- did you play soccer from an early age and he was something that you knew from the beginning absolutely and enhance them again at the end of pocket -- And back and and in that they had.

Women's professional -- I like the same -- -- can flags.

And now you've got the memoir out and and you want people know more about what -- what I necessarily want people to go that's what I'm here and hey are you tell you Brazil's -- I -- I have anxiety about this.

I am a -- press guy so you put it all in on paper so what's the one thing when people read Leo.

-- know that about the make sure come.

That's not one thing.

There's a cup there there are many things that people don't know about -- but they're going to be in the back that.

If it's sad you know I'd like to say I have a lot of critics have a lot of -- met him at the baptists think it's my hands I -- really do -- me.

But I have a lot of critics and I used to be able to say you know I hate me you don't know me.

-- for the first time I'm wondering if I can still say that I can't say it because obviously.

You know hit a cut 6000 words of the but cannot -- thinking that it -- -- thirty amusement I can't.

So I can still say -- -- -- -- -- -- book is called solo a memoir of hope aptly titled.

A congratulations again on -- ankle an adult and I could look on the -- as he and Leo thanks -- happens warriors in -- -- prayer for them not retired from teaching that.

We are seeing tomorrow.