“I love encouraging the next generation, I love empowering them, I want them to be great, I want the team to be great. I love having that responsibility of taking care of the team. When you’ve done something for yourself, then you want to do it for others. I want this group to have a World Cup Championship, I want that for them, I want that for the whole of the US National Team, I want to continue that tradition. So I always say: you get so you could give, I feel like I’ve been given so much in my life that I just feel like I have so much to give.” - Tobin Heath
Tobin Heath is always so invested in the promotion of the next generation, either kids or the younger teammates in the USWNT or Portland Thorns, she feels this deep gratitude towards everything she’s accomplished, it’s like she constantly needs to repay for what she received. One of things I love most about Tobin is that she doesn’t give anything for granted but most of all she acknowledges her privilege and she does all she can to use that platform in order to lift other players, other women. I only wish she knows how much she has already inspired the next generation, in football and outside of it (she inspired me!). Lindsey & Mal saying that Tobin was their favourite player to watch growing up is so special and important, it shows how much Tobin’s value is not just football related but it goes deeper, she has become a role model, someone to trust, someone to listen and follow. Especially with Lindsey, she gave all her friendship and her affection unconditionally and I think that says a lot about the person Tobin Heath is. Maybe remember this next time you question her.
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