Women in Sports Quotes

It's 2015, and I'm the first female coach in any of the major sports. That's ridiculous!

There is a stigma in our sport that men are the better drivers. People think that, because the men compete in two-man and four-man, they are more versatile and that the women aren't great drivers.

I think Mary Kom should be an international star.

Can you do inter-gender matches? Ronda Rousey and our match at Wrestlemania - sure, it can be done. Women don't need a man in their match to steal the show. They just need an equal platform and opportunity, and if the women have it, they will work just as hard, if not harder, than anybody else to steal that show.

Ultimately, we are doing the same job as the men, but I understand that we're not filling out stadiums.

If there's one great thing I think that's happened over the years, it's that women are being accepted into a man's world in all different areas, whether it's flying an airplane or driving a race car.

I'd love to have a chance to fight in the World Series Boxing for women, but nothing has been done about that.

I think obviously the media need to help promote the game and make it bigger so the younger girls have women role models to look up to and try and aspire to instead of just male footballers.

I was the first woman in WWE to ever be in a WWE Studios movie and was honored to be trusted with such an opportunity.

People like myself have been pushing, competing, and promoting female MMA for a long time, and to see the fans accept a female division in the UFC so quickly is vindication that all that hard work amounted to something.

With four women commentators, the IPL have shown they have faith in women commentators to do a good job.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

Back in the day when I started on the independent scene, guys would not watch women's matches, and if they did, they would do it to make fun of us.

Femininity and sport can go together.

I remember when 'A League of Their Own' was coming out in '92, when I was doing interviews, it seemed like every interviewer at some point would say, 'So... would you consider this a feminist movie?' People are worried that it's a taboo thing, so I took great relish in saying, 'Yes, I would. Write that, yes.'

I'm proud to say that, leading by example, I've tried from day one to help recalibrate views of women in the world of football.

I think sometimes wrestling fans will feel different, but the thing is, 'Total Divas' introduced women's wrestling to the world.

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.

There are so many girls that are really talented like Sasha Banks and Bayley. I have been lucky enough to work with many generations of girls, so every time you see someone really talented you get that urge to make some magic with that girl.

I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.

A lot of people like to justify women's supporting role in sports media by saying, 'Well, they've never played the game, so they just aren't qualified to speak about it.'

Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.

I can't really see women in football, I don't like to say it but that's how it is.

In a lot of ways, I think television is better for women than film.

As female athletes all over the world have discovered the hard way, changing cultures and mindsets takes action.