Dates Quote by Billie Jean King

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

— Jennie Finch

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game…

— Mike Piazza

I think it's really difficult for women to be involved with sportsmen that travel, or men to be involved with men or women, whoever…

— Dale Steyn

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

Women today are respected as athletes now and that's a really cool thing to see.

— Tessa Blanchard

The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well…

— Anson Dorrance

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

— Julie Foudy

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay…

— Billie Jean King

Sport industry is not women versus men. My biggest champions a lot of the times in my career have been those men. Not that…

— Jennifer Welter

I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that…

— Wilma Rudolph

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Women should have parity with men. End of story.

— Arlene Phillips