Linda Sanchez Quotes

Equality for women is progress for all.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.

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.

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

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

Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.

We want to believe that we live in a world where our daughters can do anything and be anything. And you'd think they could - they outnumber boys in college, graduate school, and the work force.

What is best to hope for and what everyone is working towards is to elevate the quality of women's sport and to bring it to a level where it is seen as something that is very entertaining, something to be admired, to be looked up to, to put it in that level playing field as a product to be sold equal to the men.

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

There are women who can play at my standard, if not better, and they can beat men, too, so it would be nice to see them do it as well.

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

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.

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as the boys and men are. From the start.

Especially in this industry, women challenge men much more now because we're saying, 'We can do it, too.'

I want to empower women.

Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming out, coming to their own more. And they have more opportunity, and basically we're equal.

When women succeed, America succeeds.

Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.

As a husband and a father of two daughters, I want young women around the globe to have the same rights and opportunities as my daughters.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.