Competition Quote by Tanni Grey-Thompson

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

— Julie Foudy

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

Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.

— Helen Fisher

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

More girls are taking up sport and realising it's a legitimate option for them to forge a career.

— Ellyse Perry

People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place…

— Tenley Albright

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

I encourage girls to play sports and play hard.

— Lisa Leslie

“While sports are indisputably a positive source of strength and self-development for girls, they can accomplish this only if the environment in which female…

— Leslie Heywood

Girls, in particular, benefit from sports.

— Michelle Kwan

“Hence, the policing of the female athlete, who faces the daunting task of maintaining a body strong enough to excel at her sport of…

— Anne Helen Petersen

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

— Benjamin Spock