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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to The Female Athlete Project. My name

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Speaker 1: is Chloe Dalton. I'm an Olympic gold medalist in rugby

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Speaker 1: sevens and I play AFLW for the GWS Giants.

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Speaker 2: If you knew here, welcome.

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Speaker 1: The Female Athlete Project is a platform that is all

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Speaker 1: about increasing the visibility.

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Speaker 2: Of women in sport. We've got two.

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Speaker 1: Podcasts, our weekly podcasts, The Rap, where we cover everything

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Speaker 1: happening in women's sports news. We've got our Athlete podcasts

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Speaker 1: as well. We've done season one and season two of

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Speaker 1: the Athlete Podcast and we're getting prep for season three

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Speaker 1: as we speak. Today's interview is an exclusive chat with

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Speaker 1: the one and only Sam Kerr. There's an incredible opportunity,

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Speaker 1: thanks to Nike, to sit down with one of the

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Speaker 1: best athletes in the world at the moment.

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Speaker 3: Shoo shoot, She's a superstar.

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Speaker 2: Shuit you love her. She comes home, I can't scores.

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Speaker 1: Sam has won the Golden Boot on three different continents,

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Speaker 1: was recently named Players Player.

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Speaker 2: She won the FA Cup.

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Speaker 1: She's an incredible player and is preparing with the Matilda's

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Speaker 1: for the upcoming World Cup as well. On home soil

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Speaker 1: in Australia and New Zealand. I really hope you enjoy

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Speaker 1: this one. It's been one of my favorites so far. Hey,

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Speaker 1: Chloe Dalton here from the Female Athlete Project. I'm very

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Speaker 1: excited to be sitting down here today with one of Australia,

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Speaker 1: if not the world's best athletes at the moment, one

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Speaker 1: of the biggest performers, but also someone who gets a

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Speaker 1: lot of engagement on our socials because of how well

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Speaker 2: I'd say, Sam Kerr, welcome to the Female Athlete Project.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having we You're back home for a little bit.

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Speaker 1: It's been a while. How are you enjoying being back.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's amazing.

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Speaker 4: Nothing beats home, just family, friends, good coffee.

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Speaker 3: So it's been really nice.

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Speaker 2: Can you tell us what Sam was like as a

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Speaker 2: little kid. Oh?

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Speaker 4: My idea of Sam as a little kids probably different

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Speaker 4: to my Famili's just a tomboy, honestly, just like always

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Speaker 4: playing sports, always out in the backyard, riding the bike

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Speaker 3: Just like a little bit of a knucklehead one of

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Speaker 4: Honestly, did you get up to trouble, Not like serious trouble,

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Speaker 4: but like I was like cheeky but like I always say,

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Speaker 4: like everyone, all my school friends are always like you

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Speaker 4: it's just because, like I was cheeky and kind of

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Speaker 4: how I am now, like I don't do anything with

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Speaker 4: bad intentions. It's all fun and games. But yeah, I

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Speaker 4: who did you look up to? It was a little kid.

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Speaker 4: I was AFL through and through as a kid. I

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Speaker 4: obviously loved the Eagles. I was just saying out there.

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Speaker 4: I loved Ashley Sampier. He was my favorite player. But yeah,

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Speaker 4: But I also didn't see sport in that way. I

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Speaker 2: How did you first find soccer? Are we calling soccer football? Football?

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Speaker 2: I call it football, but you go football? Okay? How

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Speaker 4: I played AFL or Ozzie Rules and it was just

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Speaker 2: What does terrible look like?

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Speaker 3: I tried every position.

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Speaker 4: I tried in goal because obviously that was the closest

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Speaker 4: it doesn't count.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't count.

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Speaker 4: I think that's the one game that I wish that

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Speaker 4: how much it means to them having their family there,

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Speaker 4: what women's football is now, it's obviously amazing. But I

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Speaker 4: There was a Young Win Tilda's camp on at the time,

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Speaker 4: I was missing out on all the fun stuff with

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Speaker 1: So that's the one game I'd probably like to redo.

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Speaker 1: How did you get over that imposter syndrome?

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Speaker 4: I still sometimes think that sometimes I'm like doing things

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Speaker 4: I never thought women's football would be where it is.

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Speaker 3: So I think I always have it.

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Speaker 1: I used to think when I was a kid, like

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Speaker 2: And I think that's kind of been a cool thing

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Speaker 1: I've kind of realized nothing actually happens to you, like

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Speaker 1: I think there's so much about your character and your

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I do. I think I agree completely.

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Speaker 4: But I think for me, that's like I've met a

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Speaker 4: But I think in women's sport, it's not many female

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Speaker 4: I think in the women's game, like you meet people

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Speaker 2: A few balls, a few nice cars.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, We've been having a debate on the podcast Slately

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Speaker 2: Where do they all go?

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Speaker 4: Oh God, I give them to my mum honestly because

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Speaker 4: Like I have one and it's like taller than my

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Speaker 3: So Mom keeps them all, But I think it's nice.

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Speaker 4: Back when I get back home, when I settle, I think,

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Speaker 4: eventually I'll get somewhere where put all my golden boots

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Speaker 4: I'm not worried about what I've won at the moment.

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Speaker 1: How do you like that that difference to where you

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Speaker 1: What is the Sam Kurd now?

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Speaker 2: How is she different to the.

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Speaker 1: Fifteen year old kid that wanted to go to Young

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Speaker 3: I always got told, oh, you have.

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Speaker 4: So it's like it's a really like deep and like

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like I'm really stubborn. It's so bad and like

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Speaker 1: Let's let's talk twenty twenty three World Cup on home soil.

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Speaker 1: What does something like that do for the next generation

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's at the moment it's really hard

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Speaker 4: And I don't think anyone really can understand what it's

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Speaker 1: You talked before about how you're still like there's still

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Speaker 3: Just she's like a quiet person. So for me, I

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Speaker 2: Did you say that to me? I think I did

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Speaker 4: I don't think anyone in the team in the matuita

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Speaker 3: But I do understand that.

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Speaker 1: I loved seeing recently that you are one of the

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Speaker 1: Women's Sports. So for people don't know a platform media

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Speaker 4: I think setting up, you know, what I want to do,

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Speaker 4: You know, all the investors are really invested in it,

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Speaker 3: All the podcasts are super.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really cool. I could chat for a long time,

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Speaker 1: For all the little kids that are watching you, what

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Speaker 4: I think for me obviously, like I'm a footballer and

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Speaker 4: And like I think for me, I've always just tried

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Speaker 1: I absolutely love that. Thank you so much for sitting

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Speaker 1: down and having a chat today. Massive honor to get

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Speaker 1: the chance to chat with you. And good luck for

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Speaker 1: Can't wait to watch, no.

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