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“We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is ...”
“Equality for men and women, across the world, not only in sports, is the goal. We obviously have a long way to go, but every little bit helps.”
“As a result of Title IX, and a new generation of parents who want their daughters to have the opportunities they never had, women's sports have arrived.”
“Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is...”
“I think women athletes who have been successful need to help other sports, those sports that are just emerging. That's what I've been thinking about and looking forward to.”
“Tennis has been around for so long - women have been playing the majors since the 1800s. Other sports have not had professional leagues for women for as long.”
“Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.”
“Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.”
“I'm honoured and delighted to be named the 'Irish Times'/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year 2014. This has been an amazing year for me and for Irish women in sport, and I would like to co...”
“When I first started designing sportswear, I felt that women weren't represented in sports performance. I felt that men were dressed really well both technically and visually, and women were almost...”
“The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.”
“I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half o...”
“In recent generations, women's sports have been a blessing. Some of us can remember the bad old days in the '50s, when we would discover in casual schoolyard play that a girl could outrun most of u...”
“I started out as a camera operator. I was doing news, and I was doing sports - baseball games and football games. And I was acutely aware of women not really being in those roles then.”
“I think we're actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.”
“I believe and support the feminist movement, but I am not generally interested in considering women's rights in relation to equality with men, or in a competition with men, but rather within their ...”
“A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.”
“In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.”
“Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.”
“Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance to represent China's millions of women by going into space.”
