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Hampton talks about defying the odds after being born with a serious eye condition:
“I don’t think the doctors would have ever predicted – or anyone could have ever predicted – that your national goalkeeper would have no proprioception and be born with strabismus. I don’t think it would have occurred to people’s minds that this was possible.”
“But I think I always tried to prove the doctors wrong from the beginning when they said I wasn’t allowed to play professional sports, and I just wanted to do what made me happy and put a smile on my face.”
About playing with Chelsea “Mental Monsters”:
“I think just being at Chelsea as a whole, it’s a club of mental monsters. They want to win everything, from the coach to the players to the coaching staff, to everyone involved in the club. They just want to win everything possible. You can’t help but join in their feelings and join in what they want to work for. I want to be as successful as I can in this game and bring trophies to this amazing club.”
Penalty kicks in Euro 2025:
“I had pressure on my back. But at that moment, I wasn’t thinking about that. I was thinking about doing it for the girls. They ran for 120 minutes, and it was simple, I was standing still in my own 18-yard box. It was almost my way of saying thank you to them for being so defensive and getting to the penalty shootout.”
As for the advice she would give to her younger self:
“I would say take every opportunity you get. I didn’t know I wanted to be a goalkeeper. In the end, I probably didn’t choose it. It chose me. And I kept at it and held on to every opportunity. But I would say just embrace it and enjoy every moment, and live it to the fullest. Never regret it.”
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