Athletes Quote by Beth Brooke

Sport inevitably creates deadness of feeling. No one could take pleasure in it who was sensitive to suffering; and therefore its pursuit by women…

— Ouida

I think women have brought a lot of life back to the sport-first, because a lot of people doubted women could actually do it…

— Stacy Dragila

As female athletes all over the world have discovered the hard way, changing cultures and mindsets takes action.

— Julie Foudy

When it comes to sports, women are big targets for abuse because the resentment is two-fold. Some resent us for our confidence and beliefs.…

— Jemele Hill

Far too many athletes have been unable to let go of their troubled roots or just have failed to fully understand their new lives…

— Jemele Hill

As female athletes, we're all strong. We all have gone through something in our life that has helped shape us to where we are.

— Breanna Stewart

I feel like when there's so much conversation about women's athletics right now, we need to focus on their performance and their skill.

— Shawn Johnson

Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural…

— Jackson Katz

It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We really are. I think we fight…

— Becky Sauerbrunn

Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see…

— Kevin Hart

You look at the sports pages and you'd often be forgiven for thinking women didn't do sport.

— Jo Swinson

Women are stepping up, they are performing, they are showing that we are athletes as well and we deserve the attention we are getting.

— Brandi Rhodes