Excuse Quote by Fran Lebowitz

“Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play…

— Fran Lebowitz

I think the football world needs to wake up and recognize that women, while the game is played by a different gender, it is…

— Emma Hayes

Women and football have come a long way since I was at school. In those days, as far as I was concerned, football was…

— David James

It's a different sport though really, in essence - women's football should be adjusted for women, physiologically, biologically.

— Joey Barton

There's still prejudice and that resistance regarding women, not only on female football but in various activities. Men think that women are a bit…

— Marta

When I played football was somewhat taboo for a girl. Today it's not as much of a problem. Not all girls want to play…

— Hope Powell

The reason women don't play football is because 11 of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

— Phyllis Diller

Nobody is against women in football…the game is changing everyday…life always moves forward

— Arsene Wenger

Just normalising the idea of women playing football is a massive part of what we need to do.

— Karen Bardsley

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

— Hope Solo

We're not women - we're playing football.

— Emre Can

I'm of the opinion of, if you're a woman, you should play. If you consider yourself a woman, and you want to play sports…

— Dawn Staley