Women's US soccer legend Abby Wambach is openly gay, but rather than worrying about how or when to come out of the closet, she's so confident in herself and her lifestyle that she never felt a need to. As Wambach has stated before, if straight people are never required to come out as straight, why do gay people have to make a grand declaration of their status? She says "Gone are the days you need to come out of a closet. I never felt like I was in one."
Wambach represented her country with distinction from 2001 all the way through until 2015, pulling on the national jersey 256 times, and scoring 184 goals. She released an autobiography called 'Forward' after her retirement in 2016, which went on to top best-seller lists. She's now married to author Glennon Doyle Melton.