Leah Williamson

I'm quite emotional and I do cry at a lot of music.

— Leah Williamson

I'm so proud to be English.

— Leah Williamson

I'm studying accounting to secure my future.

— Leah Williamson

I'm a 'prove it to deserve it' person.

— Leah Williamson

I want young girls to see football as an option.

— Leah Williamson

Originally, when I started it, women's football wasn't as secure as it is now.

— Leah Williamson

I've always been very opinionated. But I was dismissed as being angry.

— Leah Williamson

From the first time I kicked a ball for my local team, I knew that was it. This is what I wanted…

— Leah Williamson

For me to wear an England badge would have always been enough.

— Leah Williamson

Every time I step out on a platform I represent women's football, which is what we want to happen.

— Leah Williamson

Having an endometriosis flare up is a big fear when you get to a tournament not injured.

— Leah Williamson

The song I've heard too much in my life is Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You.' It's a masterpiece.

— Leah Williamson

Winning a trophy is my job, is it not? I am a footballer.

— Leah Williamson

I am exceptionally patriotic - I've been brought up that way - so I love representing my country and somehow, I've just…

— Leah Williamson

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

Everyone says I am cold - Jill Scott says it all the time. I don't show emotion very often, but what I…

— Leah Williamson

If you had told me as a kid that I'd be playing at Old Trafford, which is sold out for England in…

— Leah Williamson

I'm that person who will take a bit of a risk. And I think that is the best role model I can…

— Leah Williamson

I was always a good runner, I dipped into triathlons a bit and stuff like that, but I just remember saying to…

— Leah Williamson

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

Most women's footballers my age will have a qualification of some description just because we have to, in case anything goes wrong.

— Leah Williamson

When I was growing up there were plenty of boys' teams around. But the problem was that not many of the coaches…

— Leah Williamson

I was at the petrol station with my mum in the car. She went to pay for fuel and this guy taps…

— Leah Williamson

I don't know if I'd go as far to say spiritual person, but I do believe that there is a sort of…

— Leah Williamson

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

I think there's a consideration with lots of things where if you listen well enough and you speak to people then most…

— Leah Williamson

When I look back now, when I look at the insecurities of girls that weren't active, I never had those worries, I…

— Leah Williamson

The most important thing is that girls get equal access because you are then giving them the opportunity to choose to play…

— Leah Williamson

My dad always said to me that he hoped there would be a wage, so that I could be a footballer as…

— Leah Williamson

I know that I was so lucky to have my family believe in me.

— Leah Williamson

I want football to be the best thing in my life but not the only thing.

— Leah Williamson

Before every tournament you sit down as a team and you outline the goals and what you want to achieve.

— Leah Williamson

Islington, North London is just a magical place and I think Arsenal is core to it.

— Leah Williamson

When they, Fifa, Uefa, all the main people, do the scheduling, it should always be, 'Rest first.'

— Leah Williamson

Going to the cinema with my Grandma does me the world of good.

— Leah Williamson

We have made so much impact on the pitch and it's obviously important we do that off the pitch as well.

— Leah Williamson

I don't want to wish away my career but it is a short-lived time for all of us.

— Leah Williamson

I never want to be that player that lets the team down.

— Leah Williamson

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

I want people not to be surprised when I say I'm a professional footballer, especially for younger girls, looking up and realising…

— Leah Williamson