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Based on the context you provided, it seems like you have valuable advice to offer to aspiring student athletes. You emphasized the importance of staying focused, working hard, and having good time management. You also mentioned the need for sacrifice and dedication, as well as the value of technical work and continuous effort to improve. These are all important principles that can apply to anyone pursuing success in sports or any other endeavor. Keep sharing your experiences and advice to help inspire and guide the next generation of athletes!

Valerie Vargas | UCLA Soccer

And UCL A was always my top pick . I emailed those coaches , uh , when I was 15 up to , I believe 16 , my coaches from Galaxy Academy , some advice I would give to the next generation would definitely be stay focused , keep working hard . If you wanna be a top player , if you wanna go to ad one school , you have to just keep working and just remind yourself why you started .

Valerie Vargas | UCLA Soccer

Um , I knew I was unique once I started playing in a boys club team . When I was , I believe seven years old , I wouldn't say early mentors , but I would say people that really motivated me were my brother , my mom , my sister and the people who the people who brought me into personal training was , was my brother in law . He coached in he coaches in Galaxy for the goalkeeper coach and his brothers really helped me , um , start getting into personal training training .

Valerie Vargas | UCLA Soccer

You just have to remind yourself why you started being a student athlete . You have to sacrifice and missing out on a lot of things . Honestly , uh missing family friends , literally everything .

Valerie Vargas | UCLA Soccer

I trained with a lot of boys just because they're really intense and super strong and I wanted to be stronger and super fast to be a student athlete . You have to have really good time management . Um , though sometimes it might not be easy .

Valerie Vargas | UCLA Soccer

Honestly , uh missing family friends , literally everything . Uh Just because you have to travel a lot , you have to have very good time management and you just have to stay dedicated to your sport . Oh , when I was , I believe 1413 years old , I started playing for the Mexico national team and we won the pre World Cup , which was a really big thing and I also won the top goal score U seventeens .