Leah Williamson Quotes

The boys were embarrassed. There was pressure because they'd been taught that they shouldn't be beaten by a girl.

I didn't want to be them, and I didn't want to do what they did. But they still inspired me to be me. And I think that's the point: that little girl doesn't have to want to be a footballer, she just has to grow up knowing that she can do what she wants.

When you see somebody that looks like you, you think it's achievable. If you can't see it, you can't be it. So that starts with us being women at the top, but obviously then it's about being a diverse group of women.

I was never interested in politics at school, but the more you see the injustice in the world, how can you not have an interest in what's going on if you care about the community you live in?

When I was younger, I felt I had to be a rebel to pursue what I wanted to.

But it's true, being a woman in this life is hard.

'Love is love' - I say it all the time and people are starting to get a bit annoyed I think. It's very transferable to a lot of situations.

I was brought up never to expect people to say no to me, because if I said I wanted to do something, then I was pushed forward and given as many resources as possible to do it by my family.

In the book, I speak about, find what you love, then do it, and do it till you've got nothing left to give it. If I'm telling people to follow their passions and to be the best versions of themselves, how could I give my life to something that wasn't along those guidelines?

I can only speak on this as a woman, because that's my group, but every single woman who has got herself to the point of playing, especially professionally, has had to face misogyny.

Nothing makes me feel the way football or music do. But you choose which song you want to put on… football is out of your control.

I'm still waiting to find that thing that really sparks something in me.

So once you come into our game, there's no way we would alienate anybody. I don't think you would say anything in a woman's changing room that would shock anybody because it's so open. It's, be who you are, celebrate who you are, because this is a safe space for you.

I've always been very opinionated. But I was dismissed as being angry.

Being so heavily involved in sport was the best thing that ever could have happened to me going through school.