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There's still prejudice and that resistance regarding women, not only on female football but in various activities. Men think that women are a bit fragile to perform some types of activities or don't have the ability and aren't strong enough.

When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

I think what really matters is the support you get in football regardless of the uniform you wear. Some girls feel good playing in long shorts, while some of them feel good playing in tighter shorts. I'm not against it. It's obvious that women have to explore that female side of things, and I don't think that's a mistake.

If I could play football, I'd play football. But not women's football - real football. Or I'd just date a quarterback.

Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.

But the reason that women's football is still unknown is because it's not on television and not widely publicised for a wide majority of the leagues in the world.

Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport.

There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports.

Football is very masculine and, to me, a metaphor for war.

I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.