Wambach's closing lesson comes from her retirement. Her Gatorade farewell commercial carried the message 'Forget Me' — because if her name were forgotten, it would mean the women who came after were breaking records and pushing the game higher. A year later, coaching her ten-year-old daughter's team, a little girl asked her what she retired from. 'Soccer.' 'Oh, who did you play for?' 'The United States of America.' 'Oh. Does that mean you know Alex Morgan?' They forgot her. But that wasn't what scared her — what scared her was losing the identity the game gave her. Then she realized: soccer didn't make her who she was. She brought who she was to soccer. She still shows up and gives 100% — now to her new pack — and still fights every day for the next generation.