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Talent can get you noticed. Consistency is what keeps you there. ⚽️ The sessions nobody sees. Showing up after a bad game. Doing the work when you’re not starting. Keeping your standards when your confidence isn’t at its highest. That’s something football has taught me over and over again. What you do when nobody’s watching eventually shows when everybody is. What do you think separates good athletes from elite ones? 👀 #Football #AthleteMindset #WomensFootball #Footballer #EliteAthlete

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One day you’re representing your country. A couple of days later, you’re back at your desk like nothing happened. 😂 That’s one of the strangest parts of playing international football at this level. You go from camp, matches, travelling and wearing your country’s badge… straight back into work and normal life. And weirdly, it’s the people waiting for me at home that bring me straight back down to earth. ❤️ What They Don’t Tell You About Playing International Football. #InternationalFootball #Guyana #LadyJags #WomensFootball #football

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For a long time, I thought I was just good at adapting. I could walk into almost any room, figure out what version of myself would fit and get on with it. But there’s a difference between adapting and constantly making yourself smaller. And when you’ve spent a lot of your life being “the only one”, sometimes you don’t even realise you’re doing it. I’m still learning that taking up space doesn’t mean taking space away from somebody else. I can be passionate. I can have an opinion. I can question things. I can say when something doesn’t feel right. And I don’t have to represent an entire community every time I walk into a room. This Black History Month, I’m thinking about more than the people who came before us. I’m thinking about the rooms we’re creating for the people coming next. 🖤 If you’ve ever been “the only one” in a room, did you ever find yourself changing parts of who you were to fit in? #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026 #BlackWomen #BlackWomenInSport #RepresentationMatters