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I think we're actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.

I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.

In recent generations, women's sports have been a blessing. Some of us can remember the bad old days in the '50s, when we would discover in casual schoolyard play that a girl could outrun most of us or hold her own in basketball or hit a softball - but there were no teams, no coaches, for girls.

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.

Sport allows people to come together, but politics divides people.

Femininity can be a powerful thing.

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

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

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

There's no doubt about it that my participation in sports allowed me to compete in the business world in a very gender-neutral way.