Lorrie Fair Quotes

In recent generations, women's sports have been a blessing. Some of us can remember the bad old days in the '50s, when we would discover in casual schoolyard play that a girl could outrun most of us or hold her own in basketball or hit a softball - but there were no teams, no coaches, for girls.

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.

Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

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.

Women's sprinting is something the sport should appreciate more.

It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it was to see women play sports on TV.

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now.

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

I'm a huge fan of wrestling, and I would like to see the position of women in the sport continue to improve, so if I can be a part of it, great.

The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.

Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.

The Divas are not only gorgeous but extremely athletic. Why wouldn't I wanna be a part of that?

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

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

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.

I'm glad women's sprinting is taking the course it is.

I love women's wrestling.

Women's sport is growing, becoming powerful, and we want to continue to raise that platform for the young girls at home.

The WNBA changed everything. It started in 1997, and I graduated from high school in 1998.

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.

First-ever woman to have an iron-man match. It's been such a long time, to be the second woman ever to main event a Raw.