WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach is an inspirational book by one of soccer’s greatest ever athletes.
Abby Wambach turned into a champion in light of her extraordinary ability as a soccer player. She turned into a symbol in view of her amazing shrewdness as a pioneer. As the co-commander of the 2015 Women’s World Cup Champion Team, she made a culture of greatness, yet of honor, responsibility, flexibility, and sisterhood. She changed a gathering of individual ladies into perhaps the best, ground-breaking and united Wolfpacks ever assembled.
In her retirement, Abby’s prepared to do likewise for her new group: All Women Everywhere.
In Wolfpack, Abby’s message to ladies is:
We have never been Little Red Riding Hood. We Are the Wolves.
We must wander off the path and blaze a new one: together.
She demands that ladies should relinquish old guidelines of administration that neither incorporate or serve them. She’s made another arrangement of Wolfpack rules to assist ladies with releasing their individual force, join with their Wolfpack, and change the scene of their lives and world: from the family space to the board room to the White House.
- Make failure your fuel: Transform failure to wisdom and power.
- Lead from the bench: Lead from wherever you are.
- Champion each other: Claim each woman’s victory as your own.
- Demand the effing ball: Don’t ask permission: take what you’ve earned.
Abby Wombach Books
| Forward: A Memoir | (2016) | Shop at Amazon |
| WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game | (2109) | Shop at Amazon |
About the Author
Abby is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, FIFA World Cup Champion, and the highest all-time international goal scorer for male and female soccer players. She is an activist for equality and inclusion and she reached the New York Times bestselling list with her book, Forward: A Memoir. Wambach is married to author Glennon Doyle and resides in Naples, Florida.
Abby Wambach Career Accomplishments
- 6-time U.S. Soccer Federation’s U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award
- WUSA’s Rookie of the Year (2002)
- Bronze Boot (2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup)
- Silver Ball (2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup)
- Best Play (2011 ESPY Awards)
- Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year (2011)
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (2011)
- FIFA World Player of the Year (2012)
- Time 100 Most Influential People in the World (2015)
- ESPY Icon Award (2016)
Abby Wambach’s Barnard College 2018 commencement speech
“Barnard women, class of 2018, we are the wolves.”
Watch the entire inspiring speech here.
Other Books You May Like
Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach: Abby’s professional success often masked her own personal struggle to reconcile the various parts of herself: ferocious competitor, daughter, leader, wife. In this powerful memoir, Abby shares her inspiring and often brutal journey from girl in Rochester, New York, to world-class gold-winning athlete.
Untamed by Glennon Doyle: In this revealing and powerful memoir, the activist, speaker, and bestselling author investigates the delight and harmony we find when we quit trying to live up to others’ desires and start trusting the voice deep within us.
One Life by Megan Rapinoe: Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and double cross Women’s World Cup champion, uncovers unexpectedly her life both on and off the field. Guided by her own excursion into social equity, overflowing with humor, mankind, and happiness, she encourages we all to ask ourselves, What will you do with your one life?
WOLFPACK Podcasts
Brené Brown with Abby Wambach on the New Rules of Leadership: Brené connects with Olympian, activist and author Abby Wambach on the new rules of leadership.
Good Life Project – Abby Wambach: World-class Athlete to Wolfpack Activist: This podcast is an exploration of Abby’s powerful journey, along with many of the deeper motivations, struggles, moments of awakening, and defining stories of her life in this powerful conversation.