“Sometimes you need to make difficult choices.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“My sister plays for PSG. My brother played, too, but not professionally. So I had no choice!”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I come from a little town of 7,000 people, and everyone in my family played football.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Please, believe in yourself!”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Football is the biggest sport in Norway for girls and has been for years, but at the same time, girls don’t have the same opportunities as the boys.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Norway has a great history of women’s football, but it’s harder now. We’ve stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“When you get world-class investment, you get world-class results.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“It can be tough to stand alone for something you believe in.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I always used to play with the boys and loved it. You never asked yourself the question if there should be a difference between a boy or a girl.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“We live in a world where equality is the most important thing.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Every player needs to use their voice to shake up things.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“When you’re quite sure about yourself and the values and where you want to go, it’s easy to make difficult choices.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“If each woman stands up and uses her voice, imagine how many voices would be together and how strong a mass that would be.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“It’s impossible to play football in a world among men and not fight for equality.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Playing football can be damn harsh, but every day is a fight for equality.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I never considered myself less worthy than a man in football. Never. Never, never, never.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“The way I work, I always ask myself, ‘What did go well this year, and what do we need to work on?’ I always have a plan in my head.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“What I think is important for us as players is to always stay on our toes and be critical to everything being said.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“It’s great that we all talk about investment, but there needs to be action behind it as well. If we don’t push for the change for women’s football to go in the right direction, then it won’t come by itself.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Football is my biggest passion in life, and I’ve worked really hard to get here. It’s so important to me, so I can’t sit and watch things not go in the right direction.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Winning all these trophies and having all this success gives you a voice.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Obviously, I’d love to play for my country.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“It’s not always about the money.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I know what I want and know my values, and therefore, it’s easy to take hard choices when you know what the ambitions are and what values you stand for, so it’s all about staying true to yourself, be yourself.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I’m just focused playing 100% as best as I can at my club.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Of course I have ambitions, even if I don’t play for the national team.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“Wherever you play, you just want to have fun.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I think Together #WePlayStrong is a big step for football. This project is about building interest and professionalism and making younger women want to play football at a high level.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I remember, when I was young, I had idols who inspired me to go for my dreams, and I just want to give the same back.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I had nightmares after being with the national team. You shouldn’t have things like that.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“If you want to get anywhere in life, you have to make choices.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I just think you need to believe in yourself – be offensive, but still have some nervousness in your body before any important game.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“When I was little, I always loved scoring goals.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I think when people ask me, ‘Who’s your favourite player?’ it’s hard for me to answer.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I like books. I read a lot, to be honest.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I never saw myself as a women’s footballer. Not when I was in my tiny village in Norway. Not when I was suffering in Germany. Not when I finally made it to Lyon.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices. We leave our families behind to chase our dreams, too.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“A lot of people talk about records, but you can get lost as a player if you think too much about them.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I think more about preparation than numbers. If I’m well prepared, there will be results.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“You can only have a short sight because things change a lot. You can’t plan what the years will bring.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I wish my national team all the best.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I love my country.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“On the pitch, I can be really fearless. It’s all about performing, and I forget about everything else. When I step off, in real life, I can be a different person. I can feel vulnerable sometimes.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn’t cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I expect if people have had a problem with me or my attitude, then they come and take it directly with me, face to face.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“That’s the great thing with Lyon: we are such a competitive group of players, but we know each other so well, so what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“When you first win a trophy, you want to do it again and again. It keeps you hungry.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“People wonder what you are going to do after you’ve won the Champions League three times? Win it again, if I can.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“That’s what defines the best athletes: being capable of showing up year after year at the highest level.”
― Ada Hegerberg
“I don’t think too much about how many goals I’m going to target. I work really hard and prepare really well for the season to come… I know when I’m well prepared, when I’ve worked hard, the results will come.”
― Ada Hegerberg
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