About Quote by Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

The Olympics represent a global standard - for men, for women, for athletics.

— Rain Dove

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

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of…

— Richard Attias

Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the…

— Donna de Varona

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

— Pierre de Coubertin

As a female athlete, you're always fighting to be on a level playing field with your male counterparts. But I believe the Olympics is…

— Allyson Felix

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship…

— Andrew Young

They didn't have college scholarships for women. Had they done that at the time, I may have stayed on for another two Olympics, but…

— Debbie Meyer

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

— Tessa Blanchard

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title…

— Billie Jean King

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

— Julie Foudy