Country Quote by Lorrie Fair

I think a lot of people thought women's soccer had arrived and it was here to stay and it was going to be huge,…

— Christine Sinclair

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

But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of…

— Marta

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

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

It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in…

— Alex Morgan

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

You have to respect America for respecting the pioneers of the game. That's important. We do that a lot in our game in England.…

— Nikita Parris

It's a dream that we, as women footballers, get to play in the same stadium as the men.

— Ali Krieger

As much as I want to celebrate all of the positive developments in our sport, we cannot be complacent, we have to keep demanding…

— Alex Greenwood

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

— Jo Swinson

Women's sport is embedded in the mainstream consciousness now, and that is a hugely positive thing. That's not to say that our sport can't…

— Toni Duggan