Steph Houghton Quotes

To give women more opportunity, women's empowerment is very, very close to my heart.

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

We want more opportunities for women's players throughout the world.

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.

I'm really encouraged by the progress I've seen with what they're doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there's a lot more than can be done.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

I think a lot of us women feel like we deserve to play on the big courts in front of a big crowd as well.

My journey in the military solidified my tireless commitment to making sure girls and women are given the opportunity to meet their full potential, and nobody tells them they can't do something because they're a girl.

I think a lot of sporting organisations are really sitting up and taking notice, putting in some great programs and investing a lot into women's sports.

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

I remember when Manchester United came into the league and I remember saying, 'Wow, this is huge. This is huge for a club like this to have a women's team.' It's so important for clubs with all this tradition, history, power, influence to have a women's team and to see the progress that they've made and what they've put into it.

Ultimately, we need to grow the women's game. That's the biggest issue; it always has been. Then you can talk about equal pay and everything else.

The Women's World Cup gives FIFA a chance, once every four years, to showcase the growth of women's soccer. It gives FIFA a highly visible opportunity to encourage countries around the globe to also support their women's programs. It gives FIFA the forum to show countries the potential of women's soccer if only you support it.

When women are empowered to contribute more fully, we all benefit.

In my mind, women's basketball players are an untapped resource.

I've said it before that I am not and haven't been throughout my career a huge supporter of women's wrestling, and I haven't paid that much attention to it.

My message is very simple: I'm for women, I'm about women, and I want to help create lanes for more of us.

It's exciting when there is any growth in women's sport.

The women's game has come on leaps and bounds.

We don't really compare ourselves to the men's game or what they do. For us, it's about trying to get more people involved in the women's games.

I believe that raising the status of women in Turkey is a responsibility shared by everyone. It is not only in Turkey; we are still in need of serious support for the role of women in business and society all around the world.

There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

The voices of women need to be heard. The volume needs to be turned up.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Equality for women is progress for all.