Emma Hayes explains how she still has so much more to give to the women's game as she returns to England.
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00:00Listen, I'm such a Camden girl and I'm so happy to be back in Camden. You'll probably
00:08see that, the smile that's on my face. This is my home and I'm very much looking forward
00:13to an amazing week with my team at Tottenham Hotspur and to coach at the iconic Wembley
00:21Stadium at the weekend. I knew it was what I wanted and I knew the sacrifices I made
00:27in my life to get to where I am. I know how many weddings I've missed, how many birthday
00:34parties I've missed, how many holidays I've missed, I know how many nights out I've missed.
00:43My friends will tell you that, my family will tell you that, sat in the room, Emma always
00:46put football first and sometimes I'm not always proud of that. And it was lonely, many times
00:56it was really lonely because I had a dream for the game, not for myself, I had a dream
01:02for women's football that I've been able to live and I'm just so grateful that I was pushed
01:13by my parents and my family to be able to do that and without them supporting me to
01:19help with Harry and everything like that I definitely wouldn't have done it. But I haven't
01:25finished either, there's more I want to achieve in the game and I want to make sure I give
01:30everything I've got because this is one of my purposes to being on this planet and I
01:37intend to fulfil it with the force that I know I can be. Like I said, I work every day
01:45so that I can build women's sport, women's football. 80,000 plus, I'm sure a lot of people
01:52around the world will be watching the game, two top teams, under the lights at Wembley,
01:59you know women's football don't sell does it Moose, so to be in a position for me to
02:04be coming back Olympic champions, European champions, I hope it's a night to remember.