Accepting Quote by Lynsey Dyer

I love who I am. But being a woman competing in a male-dominated sport and always trying to push the envelope as a female…

— Elana Meyers

My sport has transformed my body to be powerful for a specific task over years of training and competition. The more tuned for competition…

— Lauren Fleshman

As female athletes, we're all strong. We all have gone through something in our life that has helped shape us to where we are.

— Breanna Stewart

I come from a village where traditionally girls don't go out and play sport so I struggled a lot to come this far and…

— Geeta Phogat

I see myself as an athlete and just try to market myself as a feminine athlete.

— Natalie Gulbis

You can still be this tough athlete and be feminine. You don't have to lose your femininity.

— Mackenzie Dern

I try as best as I can to not be so hard on myself, but it's something that I don't know, I guess I…

— Julianna Pena

I don't know if other people have found it difficult relating to me, certainly that's not the feedback I've had. I don't think of…

— Jill Douglas

“The very notion that beauty is something we need to be protected from is insulting. [...] When you watch Olympic athletes in competition, does…

— Ted Chiang

The triumph can't be had without the struggle. And I know what struggle is. I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it…

— Wilma Rudolph

People say I wasn't a real athlete, but I trained hard. It's possible to take something seriously and still have fun at it, you…

— Eddie the Eagle

Here I am just trying to fund myself to play a sport, but the greater picture is that I'm a female athlete really pushing…

— Hilary Knight