Athletics Quote by Shawn Johnson

Women are stepping up, they are performing, they are showing that we are athletes as well and we deserve the attention we are getting.

— Brandi Rhodes

Female athletes, women in sports, need to be highlighted all the time.

— Breanna Stewart

It should be common knowledge that women and men can talk about sports.

— Jessica Mendoza

The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well…

— Anson Dorrance

It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.

— Hope Solo

I'm a big proponent of women's athletics, and I think they have come so far in this country. It's given opportunities to young girls…

— Tommy Tuberville

If you look at the coverage of female sports and athletics across any of the broadcasters that participate in league rights and/or sports programming,…

— Nancy Dubuc

It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We really are. I think we fight…

— Becky Sauerbrunn

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

I feel like if you compare the commentary, what's covered with female athletics, as with men. On any given day, if a guy competes,…

— Shawn Johnson

Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more.

— Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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

— Julie Foudy