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born 1991 England
Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze MBE (born 28 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga F club Barcelona and the England women's national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Lyon and Manchester City as well as North Carolina at college level in the United States and Great Britain at the Olympics.
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That feeling of winning is so addictive. And the feeling of not winning is super horrible as well – I’m not a great loser.
I think if you stop and look too much at those accolades, you might forget that there’s always more you can do.
I wanted to be playing with the best players in the world and learn a different style of the game. I’ve found another way to enjoy football. I’ve fallen in love with football again.
There’s part of you as a female athlete where you have to be grateful for what you get but also pushing to get more.
As I’ve got older I’ve realised that I don’t need to prove myself every single minute and wind people up by doing it.
Naturally, you’re just always looking for the best in everything you do and football is no different. We want it to be a huge spectacle.
I’ve always had the view that, when I’ve retired and I look back on my career, then I’ll be happy and proud of my achievements.
People write you off as a right back. The superstar is the striker or the playmaker.
I think it’s easy to take motivation from other people. When people have great things to say about you, who doesn’t like that.
I think it’s important to feel confident in what you’re wearing, so now I take the approach that I’m going to wear something because I think it looks cool. I don’t care what anybody else thinks.
People aren’t going to like you 24/7, people don’t like me 24/7.
Having already played abroad, I know it’s so important to be able to communicate. I want to speak to everyone, I want to be friends with everyone, so it’s important that I learn.
It’s important for experienced players to remember that younger players are aspiring to be like you and will copy your actions as well as what you say.
But while I’m in the thick of it, it’s always about, ‘What can I do next? What is the next thing I haven’t won or the mission I haven’t completed?’
There’s always another trophy to win.
There was no stereotypical roles in my household and I think that allowed both myself and my siblings to be raised in a way like that where there was no judgement. It was just support.
Everyone loves the accolades, everyone loves people saying “oh you’re the best player” but what happens when that stops? Where are you going to get your motivation from? You have to have your own motivation to be able to keep you at the top.