Women's Soccer Quotes

21 quotes from 16 authors

When you think about the rise of women's soccer, the voices behind the sport reveal both triumph and challenge. These 21 quotes, drawn from 16 different contributors, capture moments of breakthrough, teamwork, and the relentless drive that fuels the game today.

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It's hard to have a good career in soccer, especially women's soccer.

Jessica Andrade

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Women's soccer is particularly tough.

E. R. Fightmaster

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Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

Jessica McDonald

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Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't think so. And because of that, someday I…

Mia Hamm

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I would love to inspire our nation and continue the success of U.S. women's soccer.

Julie Ertz

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I want to know I made women's soccer better than it was when I came into it.

Alex Morgan

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For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country.

Julie Foudy

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For professional athletes, I always think about it in these terms: the most difficult diva of women's soccer would be the easiest…

Jeff Van Gundy

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Whenever people say 'women's soccer,' I want to correct them to say 'soccer.' Every girl has had their sport diminished because they're…

Alex Morgan

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I'm enormously proud that I can do a deal with the National Women's Soccer League to showcase the power and passion of…

Nancy Dubuc

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I think we have to keep putting women's sports in the limelight. I thought the Women's World Cup did a wonderful job…

Becky Sauerbrunn

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I love the U.S.A. women's soccer team. I'm really a fan of them, how they play as a team, the spirit they…

Amanda Nunes

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I think a lot of people thought women's soccer had arrived and it was here to stay and it was going to…

Christine Sinclair

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Inequality brings a visceral reaction. We fought many years to bring others to believe in what was possible with women's soccer, in…

Julie Foudy

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I think women's soccer is so important. Soccer is the biggest sport for little girls. It's so important for us to give…

Lauren Holiday

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Women's soccer is not heavily publicized, so when you have an opportunity to be in a big magazine that publicity can be…

Heather Mitts

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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such…

Venus Williams

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The Women's World Cup gives FIFA a chance, once every four years, to showcase the growth of women's soccer. It gives FIFA…

Julie Foudy

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If there is a defining aspect of UNC women's soccer, and its success, it is what we call the competitive cauldron. It…

Anson Dorrance

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My teammates and I are best known for our penalty kick victory against China to win the 1999 Women's World Cup. But…

Julie Foudy

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I remember the day I met Cammi Granato, a former star on the U.S. women's hockey team. We were at a Women's…

Julie Foudy

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