“I can't imagine where I'd be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn't an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I'm a little absent from that discussion, because I've never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLittlesI CanSelfPlayFactsTogetherOpportunitySportsUnderstandingGoalRolesIssuesImagineTeamTaughtVictoryDisciplineHealthyFemaleImportanceCompetitionDefeatGenderFactorsDiscussionWorking TogetherGovernorsSelf DisciplineAbsentGraciousVictory And DefeatHealthy Competition Author:Sarah Palin
“Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.” DifferentAmericaSportsFiguresFemaleMalesSkatingFigure SkatingSweetheart Author:Scott Hamilton
“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
“I don't know if other people have found it difficult relating to me, certainly that's not the feedback I've had. I don't think of myself particularly as a woman working in sport. I think of myself as a broadcaster, a journalist, and the right person for the job, regardless of whether I happen to be female or male.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsHappensJobsFoundSportsDifficultFemaleMalesJournalistFeedbackRight PersonBroadcasters Author:Jill Douglas
“The main thing is media attention which is good publicity for the sport. As I'm the only women in this championship I would like to think that it encourages other young females to get into it. Also the media helps me in getting sponsorship.” ThinkingHelpingYoungSportsAttentionMediaFemaleHelp MeChampionshipPublicitySponsorship Author:Liz Halliday