Pernille Harder Quotes

But I believe today a lot of girls regard women's players as idols now and that's great.

Everything can happen as long as you work hard for it.

We see a big difference at such an early age where boys have great opportunities to get into an academy and have the best coaches, to learn about football at an early age. Girls don't have this. They're often coached by their parents for a long time and from an early age it starts to be unequal. A lot of clubs should have their focus on it because it all starts there.

It's important to be able to feel that you can be yourself.

If young girls are looking at me, and my path to get here, I hope they get inspired to do the same.

So you were given the feeling that women's football wasn't that important. I had to fight to have the possibility to train with the boys, because you either had to fight for that or move somewhere else.

I also think we're seeing good competition in women's football now: you start to see a lot of men's teams creating a women's team because it brings value to have one.

It's much more difficult to change one's mindset about homosexuality when they're in their 20s, rather than when they're only children and can understand that it's just normal.

You're in a position where you have to take some decisions that might not be comfortable, but you need to do them anyway.

We know that is a big step, there's a big difference between men's and women's football, but the aim will always be that it should be equal. And that's what we want to fight for until we stop playing, and maybe also after.