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Carli Lloyd's advice on working to get to the top.mp4

13 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Carli Lloyd says talent alone won't get you to the top. She coasted on natural ability as a young player, but reaching the elite level required relentless daily work. You have to show up and grind every single day.

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Your talent's not enough for me. I relied so much on my talent for up until the U21 days. If I wanted to give 80%, one day, I gave 80. It was better than most people's hundred. But I learned that just because you're talented doesn't mean that you're gonna get to the top. It doesn't mean that you're gonna stay at the top. There's so many things that are out of your control that you can't worry about. And I go through it on a routine basis here. You just got to grind. You gotta rol. Sleeves up and you got to get to work.