Originally, when I started it, women's football wasn't as secure as it is now. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Islington, North London is just a magical place and I think Arsenal is core to it. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I want football to be the best thing in my life but not the only thing. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
We need to make it easier for girls from different backgrounds to access football. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Within football, there are so many rooms that need women in positions of power. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
The life that we live, we're not rich, we're not wealthy. We live normal lives and we do a sport that's so… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I was very lucky because I actually ended up playing with all of my role models in women's football: Kelly Smith, Alex… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Once Nike partnered with the England football team, there was a massive drive in the women's game. When I found out they… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Every time I step out on a platform I represent women's football, which is what we want to happen. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I am exceptionally patriotic - I've been brought up that way - so I love representing my country and somehow, I've just… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
With Arsenal, we've been a classy club and act with class, it's a core value of the club and that's what makes… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Before every tournament you sit down as a team and you outline the goals and what you want to achieve. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
The way I see it is: if you choose not to play football that is a good thing, because it means you… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that girls get equal access because you are then giving them the opportunity to choose to play… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I benefited from the National Lottery and I stand on the top platform in women's football in this country, but that funding… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Existential questions consume my mind, 'Why am I here?' and when I'm 125 laying on my deathbed, what am I going to… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I've got loads of inspirational people I've always looked up to, really strong women, who don't necessarily play football. I didn't want… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Nothing beats getting down the pub or wherever and watching football together - that is our English culture. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I don't want people to perceive me in the wrong way but I am thick-skinned enough to know I am taking care… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Any opportunity to go back to Wembley with a sold-out stadium and put our mark on the world again is amazing. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
We have made so much impact on the pitch and it's obviously important we do that off the pitch as well. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
When they, Fifa, Uefa, all the main people, do the scheduling, it should always be, 'Rest first.' — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Obviously I'd love football to always be the thing I'm known for, but also I want people to remember me as someone… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I grew up in a split household. My mum supports Arsenal and my dad supports Spurs, so it was always quite a… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I was always considering what other sport I could do, to get myself to be in a position to be an Olympian,… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
My family are very sporty people and then when I was younger, I had a love for Thierry Henry at Arsenal and… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Football is such a beautiful thing, but I'm not just here to play football. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
There's only a couple of times I cried for goals in my life. Thierry Henry's return at the Emirates, I was behind… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I love football because it's introduced me to people, different opinions, different cultures, different ways of life and different industries that really… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I'm that person who will take a bit of a risk. And I think that is the best role model I can be to… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Everyone says I am cold - Jill Scott says it all the time. I don't show emotion very often, but what I care about,… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Being an 'active listener' is a good trait for a leader to have, it shows that you really value what's being said to you. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
In the industry I work in, women have had a lot of oppression. So, I don't like to stick to the status quo or… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
We have made so much impact on the pitch and it's obviously important we do that off the pitch as well. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Having an endometriosis flare up is a big fear when you get to a tournament not injured. — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I've not had it the hardest by any means, but in terms of what I've worked for, I knew what my dream was and… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think society has changed and women's sport has reaped the benefits from it. Women's sport pushes those social norms as well and… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I want people not to be surprised when I say I'm a professional footballer, especially for younger girls, looking up and realising that it… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I was always a good runner, I dipped into triathlons a bit and stuff like that, but I just remember saying to my mum,… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'd go as far to say spiritual person, but I do believe that there is a sort of plan and… — Leah Williamson Copy Share Image
