Essence Quote by Joey Barton

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

— Karen Bardsley

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

Women's sport is changing all the time, no matter what role you play. No matter what part you play in a football club, women…

— Toni Duggan

If we're going to make women's football better, as a spectator sport, to stand on its own in the marketplace, if you keep playing…

— Joey Barton

Men's is at a fast pace and focused on strength, whereas the women's is full of finesse and more skilful - and I think…

— Karen Carney

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

— Fran Lebowitz

I don't look at it as a man's sport because the women play as well. It's an open sport.

— Fallon Sherrock

The image of women's football has definitely changed. Now we've got to make sure it keeps developing.

— Steph Houghton

Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too?

— Alex Scott

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

I look at our sport as the same as tennis. Male and female tennis is very, very different. The men's is more quick and…

— Karen Carney