“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.” StoriesYoungGirlGamesRolesEventsHeroPerceptionModelsFemaleAthleteIndianRole ModelsShiftingOlympic GamesSuccess StoriesSporting EventsFemale Athlete Author:Richard Attias
“Saudi Arabia's first female athlete will be allowed to compete while wearing a head scarf. The Saudi woman said she was thrilled about the ruling all she needs now is a man to drive her to the Olympics.” MenNeedsFirstsSaidFunnyFemaleAthleteOlympicsRulingArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisScarvesLondon OlympicsFemale Athlete Author:Conan O'Brien
“Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population--and usually as homosexuals.” SportsFemaleAthletePopulationHomosexualFemale Athlete Book:Billie Jean Source: Billie Jean
“All that the Y.M.C.A.'s horse and rings really accomplished was to fill me with an ineradicable distaste, not only for Christian endeavor in all its forms, but also for every variety of calisthenics, so that I still begrudge the trifling exertion needed to climb in and out of a bathtub, and hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. If I had my way no man guilty of golf would be eligible to any office of trust or profit under the United States, and all female athletes would be shipped to the white-slave corrals of the Argentine.” IfsMenWayPersonsStillsStatesWould BeChristianFormHateSportsWhiteUnitedCommonUnited StatesNeededExerciseOfficeFemaleHorseGolfSlaveAthleteProfitRingsLikesCommon SenseGuiltyVarietyMy WayAccomplishedClimbsEndeavorExertionTriflingBathtubsDistasteFemale AthleteCalisthenics Author:H. L. Mencken
“When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women.” LooksBeautifulYoungGirlSportsGrowing UpGrowingFitFemaleAthleteLook UpMusclesStereotypeAthleticSoftballFemale AthleteWnba Author:Jennie Finch
“Sure, there are times when the guys talk about playing football in school and I can't relate to that, but I can relate to being a female athlete. And as long as you are prepared, work hard and know your stuff, you will be fine.” KnowsLongI CanHardSchoolGuyStuffFootballHard WorkFineFemalePreparedAthleteRelatePlaying FootballFemale Athlete Author:Megan Alexander
“I have struggled to be taken seriously as a female athlete. I have struggled to find my worth outside of winning. I have struggled to accept parts of myself. Now I'm recognizing the beauty in those parts as well as beauty in the times when things didn't go my way.” WayWellsWinningAcceptingTakenFemaleAthleteMy WayRecognizingFemale Athlete Author:Lynsey Dyer
“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.” PeopleGirlSportsAcceptingFemaleOkayAthleteActiveAcceptableSeventies Author:Billie Jean King
“I think we have to keep putting women's sports in the limelight. I thought the Women's World Cup did a wonderful job of showing the quality of women's soccer. But we also need coverage and marketing and press and getting these female athletes to become household names.” ThinkingWorldSportsQualityWonderfulFemaleMarketingAthleteSoccer Author:Becky Sauerbrunn
“As a female athlete, you're always fighting to be on a level playing field with your male counterparts. But I believe the Olympics is great for young girls; they get to be exposed to so many different sports and to these really strong women. It's an opportunity to showcase what we do, which is something that men get the opportunity to do on a pretty regular basis.” MenBelieveDifferentGirlFightingOpportunityStrongI BelieveSportsFemaleAthleteStrong Women Author:Allyson Felix
“As the longest-running women's professional sports league in the country, the WNBA is a great product comprising 132 of the best female athletes in the world. And when you look beyond the players to owners, coaches, trainers, accountants, and chief operating officers - it's a wonderful example of what women can achieve in sports and in business.” WorldCountrySportsPlayerWonderfulAchieveFemaleAthleteCoachesLeague Author:Laurel J. Richie
“I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.” PlaySportsSupportPlayerPersonalityModelsFemaleAthleteModelingVolleyballFemale AthleteVolleyball Player Author:Gabrielle Reece
“Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and never stand out.” TeamFemaleAthleteSupposed To BeStanding OutFemale Athlete Author:Hope Solo
“The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that separates us from other programs is we train them to compete. So a huge challenge in women's athletics is to get them to compete against their teammates and friends in practice with the same intensity they compete with their bitter rivals. So that's a huge challenge for me, to get the women in practice to go after each other the way you would a rival” ThinkingWayWellsChallengesPracticeHugeConcernFemaleProgramTrainAthleteBitterIntensityRivalsTeammateAthleticsVolleyballFemale Athlete Author:Anson Dorrance