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Soccer Star Abby Wambach Recommends 3 Reads On Sports And Leadership

Wambach retired from soccer in 2015, and now, as a professional speaker, she shares three books that helped her learn to be a leader — both on the field and off.
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Soccer star retired from professional play . She's a two-time Olympic gold medalist and she's a vocal activist on behalf of women in sports. She wrote her own memoir, five years ago — so we asked her what books she's drawn from when it comes to leadership in sports — and in fact, the first two books she brought us weren't about sports at all. But Wambach says they definitely

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