Angela Ruggiero Quotes

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

I didn't want to walk into WWE and be someone who just does bikini matches and played second fiddle to the guys. I wanted to stand out, make people excited to see women's wrestling, and show them we can be better than the men.

In the age of millennials, women's rights, and female empowerment, I hope my voice helps to encourage the next generation of great female athletes and golfers to possibly stop social injustices and prejudices from creeping into the game that I fell in love with at such a young age.

Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.

For women's football in this country, it's important we do play in the best stadiums, and for me, Wembley is the best in this country.

Women's football will always be different from men's football, but that doesn't mean you cannot still appreciate it. OK, so it might be a bit slower than the men's game, but then League Two football is slower than the Champions League, and it doesn't stop people turning out to see their local teams.

The girls are working so hard to put female wrestling on the map and to make it as big as the men. To see it actually happening... I'm so grateful.

I am very happy that Indian women are making their mark in sports be is Sakshi Malik or even PV Sindhu who also won a medal for the country. We talk about women empowerment and there cannot be any bigger example than this.

When I came into WWE, what I said to myself was, I wanted to change the term from 'divas' to 'women.'

We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Forever. And we're at the start of it? That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable! Unbelievable.

I wanted this title to matter, I wanted women's wrestling to matter.

When I came in, there wasn't a bunch of women wrestlers. There was maybe one or two who came in a couple months a year.

Women's MMA has come a really long way. People look forward to us fighting, and they get excited.

As a former college athlete, I know the importance of sports in the lives of women and girls, and I couldn't be more thrilled to join forces with NWSL and U.S. Soccer to ensure professional women athletes are elevated as the entire country can watch and be inspired by their strength and athleticism.

I think it's important that we try to showcase what we're about as women footballers.

At Arsenal, we train for about two hours a day and are treated just the same as the men. It makes a big difference, and it gives young girls something to aim for.

Here I am just trying to fund myself to play a sport, but the greater picture is that I'm a female athlete really pushing the envelope for women in sports.

I'm enormously proud that I can do a deal with the National Women's Soccer League to showcase the power and passion of women athletes as positive role models, not only for my daughter but also for my son.

The WWE universe finally demanded that the girls get the attention that they deserve. I think women past, present, future, should forever be grateful for our super fans.

We like to be kind of at the forefront for how all football federations should treat their female athletes.

Just imagine if women's sport was on the TV all the time - how many more female athletes we would have?

For the average person walking down the street, they don't even know a women's soccer league exists in this country.

I've proved I'm in love with the women's game, and I think the quality is unbelievable.

This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin' cool, and now it is.

To people who don't take women's cricket seriously, I'd say: just watch a game first, and then make your judgement.