"I think self-doubt is probably what keeps me going, keeps me pushing myself, because I never think I’m at the right level. The minute I think I’m at that level, I’ll probably not get the job done. The way my head works is I always think I’m not as good and have to work harder."

"Don’t go home and sit in the flat, go and get an education."

"I’m a big believer that if someone’s happy off the pitch, or has the least amount of stress in their life off of it, then that will help performance."

"Performance ultimately doesn’t matter, it’s the human that comes first."

"Playing in boys’ teams can be really difficult. It’s a test of your character. You have to push yourself out of comfort zones and try and view it as a challenge if it’s something that you really want to do."

"It’s what happens next and how you react to it that matters more than the actual mistake."

"You’re always going to remember the negative, but I think that’s what pushes you and that’s what gets you to the level you want to be at."

"I’ve always tried to eventually adopt a short-term memory. As athletes, you could do 100 things right in the game, but you’ll remember the one ball you gave away or the tackle you missed or the opportunity you didn’t see."

"We just want to have the same conditions and structures as men. Of course, we generate less revenue, but if people don't want to invest more in us, they are not going to see higher returns."

"But the pay gap between male football players and women players is so unbelievably huge that it is unfair."

"It is important to me to treat everybody equally, to be able to stand there personally in difficult situations and have confidence in my abilities, and to be able to use my knowledge and experience to support my team."

"In my experience as a football player, the media often make difficult situations more difficult."

"The fact that we are able to get people excited about women’s football is probably our greatest success."

"For me, success is when I feel happy and free from any pressure."

"It’s clear that the new generations grow up with them as a given, but to be communicating all the time, it’s almost obligation to do so… It becomes more difficult to stay focused on the essential, to have balance."

"My goal is simply to give them back their happiness. And they give a lot to us because they show a strength that is admirable."

"It was such a mobilizing thing that I decided to get involved."

"There were less peaceful times in my environment, but I always had a lot of support. You get close to people who think like you, who have similar values, and you learn to recognize and identify those people. Tennis meant that I was surrounded by a lot of people and developed good radar to identify who was who."

"It was not a decision I had to make, but something that reflected my personality. Basically, I had little interest in exposing myself, when I played my privacy was very important to me. It may have something to do with why I came to the fore at a very young age."

"The ultimate goal was competing in the Olympic Games and that was a tough one"

"It’s important to have an identity without sports"

"Many athletes struggle with the transition. It was a hard decision but I know it’s time to move on"

"I just have to put in all the hard work and do what I know I’m capable of, and it will be an absolute honour to make history, once again, for Barbados, and make them proud."

"I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it. I’m very set on that. And I believe it. I think once you believe in something, it’s achievable."

"It’s not going to be an easy road for me, because it’s quite difficult for single nation [riders]"

"It started off with me and my mum, She was my bank. She was my chauffeur, mechanic, manager, and she didn’t even know the difference between the front wheel and back wheel."

"My motivations are mainly to be the best that I can be as a player on the pitch, but also off the pitch and how can I also bring out the best in others. That’s a real motivator for me because you can do that every single day, and that’s what I try to do."

"There’s such a great dynamic when you’re part of a team – when you can do things for others and want to be the best, not only for yourself."

"When you lead, you’re also allowing others to lead too."

"Nobody can be their best every single day – you can give more of yourself on some days, but on the bad days it’s important to know that the team are around to support you and vice versa."

"If you have the backing of the men’s side and the club as a whole, it means that us on the pitch can fully focus on that. You want to cancel out the background noise and be able to focus on the football alone."

"I don’t play football solely for myself. I do it for the younger generation too. I do it for young black females that aspire to be professional footballers in the future."

"I need to stay focused and tough - negativity will always be there but If I’m working hard, getting to the places I want to play, it means that I’m controlling all I can."

"It’s a sad reality but as a black female I’ve felt like I have to work harder than the next person."

"I’ve experienced sexist slurs on social media as well as racism and things like that...you become stronger from those kinds of things. They’ve made me tougher and stronger as a person."

"There’s more female coaches in the game now too which is healthy."

"I fell in love with football when I was a little girl. No matter what, I don’t play football for the money. I play football because I love it."

"I’d like to see more support for the women’s game. I’d like to cut out racism and the discriminatory slurs both in the men and women’s game."

"I wanted to prove them wrong, especially when they said I would never make it, that it's not a girl's sport, there were obviously down days and stuff, like there in that moment how it made me feel, but I just kept playing football because I was in love with the game, which I still am. And it makes me happy."

"The secret of my success has been prayer, consistency, commitment and hard work."

"In football, you win some, loose some and draw some matches."

"People think female footballers do not have bright future and cannot make it through football, but they are gradually being proven wrong."

"My career has been full of ups and downs and I still need to keep going and working hard regardless of the successes and failures. Every success recorded so far is just bound on hard work and dedication towards the game."

"My greatest secret is self-belief and dedication."

"What you can play, your ability to prove on the field of play will speak for you. Also, nothing is impossible to achieve."

"The lesson I learned from the World Cup is that names don’t play football."

"Every player’s dream is to win laurels for her country or club."

"So I am scared, pumped, not sure what to do. If that happens, I take a very quick pause, a sort of a reset button which I call a mental shift. I stop. I make a quick assessment."