Leah Williamson

Footballer

1997-03-29

Quotes by Leah Williamson

• Mum and Grandma were strong independent women who just smashed any barrier that was in their way.

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• My family are very sporty people and then when I was younger, I had a love for Thierry Henry at Arsenal and Kelly Smith so that was kind of the dream.

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• Any opportunity to go back to Wembley with a sold-out stadium and put our mark on the world again is amazing.

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• I don't know if I'd go as far to say spiritual person, but I do believe that there is a sort of plan and things are written out for us and we kind of choose between one or two paths. But most of it is kind of ready and we just have to be bold enough to do it.

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• Not only do we face the stereotype from these sort of archaic beliefs that women are only meant to be a certain way... But we are also conditioned to believe them.

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• I was so stressed about becoming the person I wanted to be at the end of my journey, and maybe didn't enjoy the road so much.

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• I've got loads of inspirational people I've always looked up to, really strong women, who don't necessarily play football. 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.

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• I was at the petrol station with my mum in the car. She went to pay for fuel and this guy taps on the window and I was like, either he's telling me off for being on my phone or he recognised me and people wait outside toilets to see you.

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• When you feel comfortable you carry yourself in a way that means you can be your true self.

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• I want young girls to see football as an option.

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• Protect and facilitate a future, a safe future, for women and young girls to be whoever they want to be. And if they want to use sport to do that, then they need an environment that welcomes them and is safe for them to do that.

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