We're all in this sport for the same reason: to get that title fight and become No. 1. — Tecia Torres Copy Share Image
The life of the sport is to participate for the fans, to hear the uproar, to hear the cheers. — Keith Thurman Copy Share Image
Women today are respected as athletes now and that's a really cool thing to see. — Tessa Blanchard Copy Share Image
Me after running for one minute: I'm still alive, but I'm barely breathing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not many guys are on a professional baseball roster, but have an ability to pursue another professional sport. — Pat Connaughton Copy Share Image
It's such a chauvinistic sport, a lot of the owners wanted to kick me off. — Michelle Payne Copy Share Image
Football is a contact sport. So, on the pitch, it isn't possible to maintain distance like you can in an office job. — Sunil Chhetri Copy Share Image
The question of when to start a family is not easy for any career woman. But the decision can be even harder… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Copy Share Image
Football is a collective sport and many times it doesn't depend on you playing well. It depends if the team is playing… — Zico Copy Share Image
I'm a big proponent of women's athletics, and I think they have come so far in this country. It's given opportunities to… — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models. — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
Performance in any sport can never be broken down into black and white. There's a lot of grey in the nature of… — Abhinav Bindra Copy Share Image
I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn't win that match. It would ruin the women's tour and… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
Every sport has a 'guy' that personifies what the sport is about and almost creates what the sport is on his own. — Dale Earnhardt Jr Copy Share Image
Protect and facilitate a future, a safe future, for women and young girls to be whoever they want to be. And if… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Some people are so talented and yet they don't even know it. There are so many different aspects to sport and how… — Jazmin Carlin Copy Share Image
Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players… — Sepp Blatter Copy Share Image
When it comes to sports, women are big targets for abuse because the resentment is two-fold. Some resent us for our confidence… — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
I would love to see more African-American females engaged in all aspects of sports. All of the research tells us that participation… — Laurel J. Richie Copy Share Image
“As in diamonds so in batting, perfection requires flawlessness and nowhere is a batting imperfection more quickly recognised than in the dropped… — Patrick Ferriday Copy Share Image
The main thing is media attention which is good publicity for the sport. As I'm the only women in this championship I… — Liz Halliday Copy Share Image
I grew up being close friends with several amazing female athletes. I know that despite having the exact same amount of passion… — Jaren Jackson, Jr Copy Share Image
