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“Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.” InspirationalSelfFeelingsHurtSelf EsteemAnxietyCompetitionEsteemDamageCheatingRomantic LoveHurt Feelings Author:Mariah Nelson
“Competition is about passion for perfection, and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.” PeoplePassionImpossiblePerfectionCompetitionQuests Author:Mariah Nelson
“For every man with a baseball story - a memory of a moment at the plate or in the field - there is a woman with a couldn't-play-baseball story.” MenPlayMomentsStoriesMemoriesFieldsBaseballEvery ManSexismPlates Book:Are We Winning Yet?: How Women are Changing Sports and Sports are Changing Women Source: Are We Winning Yet?: How Women are Changing Sports and Sports are Changing Women
“Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.” BodySeemsSportsCreatingIllusionPerfectionOneselfBodybuildingLarger Than Life Book:Are We Winning Yet?: How Women are Changing Sports and Sports are Changing Women Source: Are We Winning Yet?: How Women are Changing Sports and Sports are Changing Women
“Like families, competitors can bring out the worst as well as the best in each other. Like romance, competition has many faces, some of them ugly. In addition to showing me my grace and graciousness, the mirror of sports has reflected back to me my jealousy, pettiness, and arrogance.” WellsFacesRomanceSportsGraceWorstMirrorsCompetitionUglyArroganceCompetitorsGraciousnessPettinessLike FamilyMany Faces Author:Mariah Nelson
“Sport has been called the last bastion of male domination. Unfortunately, there are others - Congress, for instance.” Has BeensLastsSportsMalesCongressInstanceSexismDomination Book:The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports Source: The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports
“Too often girls accept that of course the boys will get better lighting and seating at their sports events, of course the football team will get more attention, privileges, and space in the yearbook. We need to teach girls to look around and notice when they're being treated like second-class citizens, and then to insist on equal treatment.” NeedsLooksGirlCoursesSportsSpaceAttentionAcceptingClassBoysTeachTeamEventsFootballCitizensEqualPrivilegeEqualityTreatedGet BetterTreatmentWomens RightsLightingFootball TeamSecond Class CitizensYearbookEqual Treatment Author:Mariah Nelson
“Think of yourself as an athlete. I guarantee you it will change the way you walk, the way you work, and the decisions you make about leadership, teamwork, and success.” ThinkingWaySportsDecisionWalksAthleteGuaranteesTeamworkThink Of YouDecisions You MakeLeadership Teamwork Book:We Are All Athletes Source: We Are All Athletes
“The act of sport remains a human act, unrelated to gender.” HumansSportsRemainsGender Book:Are We Winning Yet?: How Women are Changing Sports and Sports are Changing Women Source: Are We Winning Yet?: How Women are Changing Sports and Sports are Changing Women