"You have to stand there against people who are probably not supporting women's football and tell them you need more money. That, in itself, takes a lot of guts. At that point, it wasn't easy to win people over."

"People don’t realise how much football can do beyond on the pitch."

"I’ve been trying to encourage both boys and girls to get involved in football. There are so many life skills you can learn from football… I want kids to understand the game is for everybody."

"It makes you understand who we are. We fought during our work to change the mind."

"Expectations and perceptions have changed around women's football, but they will know that they'll have to play their part in increasing the popularity of the game."

"It's looking positive, but it's probably a similar thing with both the men and women's team, they need to have a stronger mentality of knowing they have to win."

"We all have fears. And it takes a lot to be brave, be confident, and talk about it. And you never know what it may lead to."

"As athletes, too, you’re prone to thinking about your physical appearance because of how much you’re in the public eye. You question whether you should post one picture instead of another because of how you might look, and those pressures come from wider societal perceptions and expectations of how women should look."

"It’s important that they feel like they can be who they’d like to be and move how they’d like to move."

"Yeah, I think there are a lot of tangible barriers that you see regarding women’s sport, especially football. But, I feel what’s often overlooked are the intangible ones; the societal barriers that have been plaguing us for years for example."

"I hope people will look at women’s football as the norm."

"I've always had a voice, I just haven't had the courage to use it."

"To be honest, everybody thought that I was a boy."

"Having females and people of multi ethnic and minority groups in higher-up positions will give young people the hope that they can reach the top too."

"As footballers, we are in a position of great opportunity. People look at us. We need to make sure that we deliver the main message."

"How that will inspire so many young girls and boys to talk about women's football and make it the norm."

"Confidence is key for any footballer."

"When you let children lead, you see their minds work in a way that’s different to ours because we’re moulded to think a certain way as we get older."

"Everything today is so visual and forced upon us – girls and women especially – that we feel as if we have to accept and apply a standardised version of what’s ‘beautiful’."

"We’re often told to be quiet or be careful, which as a way of growing up, I find to be quite unhealthy. So, already being able to talk about your skin with other people allows you to celebrate it, as you’re all in the same boat. That’s really important to me."

"To be honest when I found out I wasn’t picked for the April camp I actually thought that was my World Cup dream over."

"I think for a couple of days I really thought I’ve worked so hard all season, and it’s just not meant to be, but we had some really important games at Manchester United, obviously fighting for the league title and the FA Cup final."

"I want people to see that women are capable and accepted. I want to see people like me in powerful positions to know they’re looking out for women like me too."

"I think you never want to be playing on someone else’s misfortune, but luckily we found out that Keira’s injury obviously wasn’t too long-term or serious, so that is brilliant news."

"Well, if I had campaigns and images like these as a young girl, my journey might have been somewhat different, and I’d have felt more empowered to simply be myself."

"I think one of the most frightening statistics is that one in three women don’t want to participate in sports because of how their skin looks. When you’re faced with that statistical reality, it would make you want to be a part of anything that can help change that."

"I don’t think we give kids enough respect for what they understand."

"There are many things you can get out of football that you can take into the world of work."

"For players of my generation – and before – there wasn’t money in the game. You were doing it because of your passion."

"I think every female footballer can relate to a woman working in a male-dominated area and championing it. We need to make sure that we support each other."

"I’m my own worst critic and I can recognise that."

"It’s important to focus on getting better and trying not to add pressure because ultimately, when I’m enjoying it I play my best football week in, week out."

"I still need to remind myself that I’m still so young. Sometimes I put too much pressure on myself to perform when there’s still so much time."

"I know that on my day I can be unstoppable. But it’s important to do that every single week without fail."

"I’ve said to myself, Lauren, if you do pick up trophies you do need to take a moment to remember how far you’ve come, because those moments don’t come around too often."

"I do put a lot of pressure on myself to perform. I think that’s only natural."

"Before, I was so worried about doing the same as everyone else, always comparing: ‘She’s on the training pitch so I need to go on the training pitch today,’ and then I’d just break down eventually."

"It is understanding my body, knowing when I need to take an extra day recovery, knowing when I need to do more recovery; like now I do recovery every day."

"I think it’s important to feel confident in what you’re wearing, so now I take the approach that I’m going to wear something because I think it looks cool. I don’t care what anybody else thinks."

"I've heard so many stories of older men and women - because it's not just men, it's a whole generation - who say they won't watch women's football and then they come and watch you play and say 'wow, that was really good'."

"Women's football has such a platform now. It can only go from strength to strength. I just hope it encourages girls who might not have taken up the game to do it now."

"I think if you stop and look too much at those accolades, you might forget that there’s always more you can do."

"People aren’t going to like you 24/7, people don’t like me 24/7."

"There’s always another trophy to win."

"Naturally, you’re just always looking for the best in everything you do and football is no different. We want it to be a huge spectacle."

"It’s important for experienced players to remember that younger players are aspiring to be like you and will copy your actions as well as what you say."

"People write you off as a right back. The superstar is the striker or the playmaker."

"I think it’s easy to take motivation from other people. When people have great things to say about you, who doesn’t like that."