Michelle Carter Quotes

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type.

Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.

Sports have become increasingly more specialized, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be fun.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.

I play football in training all the time with my male friends, who are also professionals. But playing together in competition? I just don't see it. We have the ability, we have the technique, we have the tactical understanding, but there are physical limitations. You can't get away from that.

I always wanted to be known as the girl who was good at hockey rather than the girl you see in magazines.

In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions.

I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on.

I'm the kind of guy that if I don't work out, I will get bigger and look like one of the guys who used to play sports.

Being the ideal of a strong woman means utilizing all the things that God gives you. People are always saying to me, 'You're a strong female, so why are you wearing a bikini on the cover of that magazine?' Being a strong woman is misconstrued to be something evil and ugly.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I never did any sports at school. It wasn't until I moved to America, to New York, when I was about 20 that I actually thought that if I wanted to be an actress I might have to start working out.

I played football all my life throughout high school and ran track.

When we get married or interviewed for a job or play professional sports or run for president of the United States, we encounter a whole set of standards and expectations. We can be shamed for an outfit that's too slutty, too dowdy, too pricey--take your pick. That's the burden women carry into the fitting room.

I plan on taking athletics as far as I can.

I love sports. I love being active. I love challenging myself. I was a jock growing up from the time I could walk.

I'm not like the skinniest guy, so I feel like I should at least get 10 rebounds for our team a game.

I don't think I even understand the full meaning of athletics.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

There's so much judgment geared toward young girls. People just expect so much from girls. Even physically and aesthetically, people expect us to always look right, to have a certain etiquette - to talk a certain way and act a certain way - and to know certain things. It's all different expectations, but there are always expectations.

I played everything. I played volleyball, did track, cross-country, but basketball was my main sport, my main focus.