"We need all the supports we can get. Women’s football is growing larger. The more people watch it, the more it keeps growing for sure, for women’s sports."

"My target is to help the team achieve their objective and plan for the season. My other target is to improve as a player."

"Me coming to Italy and playing for AS Roma is a very big, life-changing experience for me. It will help my career grow and also help me grow as a person and a footballer."

"This move will definitely help my career grow as a person and as a versatile footballer passionate about the game."

"I am committed to keep doing my best whenever I am called upon."

"I have no plans to shortchange anyone or take chances when it comes to selecting the best legs for each position."

"It is not an easy decision for us. We are human beings. These players are all our players; they belong to the country."

"It’s about developing them holistically, because there is always life after football. If you don’t teach them certain values, they begin to misconstrue certain privileges for rights, because of the fame they have as players … We encourage them to go back to school, so that they have something to fall back on, when they retire."

"We must believe in ourselves. We must believe in our abilities."

"When you defend and you regain possession, what do you do? You attack …"

"But for us, as Africans, as Nigerians, we love expressing ourselves [on the pitch] …"

"If you are offered a longer contract and the results don’t go your way, you could still be fired … So for me, it’s about getting down to work, doing the best we can and improving the standard of the team."

"But now it is the football man that is looked up to, to support the family."

"Because of my involvement in football, I was seen as an unserious person by my family."

"It wasn’t easy. People laughed. I was a civil servant, yet I coached both men’s and women’s teams. I was combining office work with football. But I believed in something bigger. God gave me the gift to read matches and analyze games even when I didn’t understand what that meant at the time."

"When we were given this task, we knew it was huge, we weren’t just representing ourselves."

"Nigeria is for all of us. If there are ideas to make the team better, let’s listen. Let’s work together."

"I’m just focused on delivering wherever I’m asked to serve. It’s not a do-or-die thing."

"We want more exposure, more capacity building for our coaches too. Let them go on attachments abroad, understand different football cultures. That’s how we grow."

"Our long-term goal is to close the gap with the world’s best."

"When you make players believe in what you’re doing, magic happens."

"Some of the players have been with me since U17 and U20. We’ve built a relationship based on care, structure, and guidance. They ask for advice even outside football — it’s personal. That unity showed on the field."

"Discipline was non-negotiable, but we created an atmosphere where they could talk, trust, and grow."

"You are not just coaching footballers. You are shaping lives. These young women come with dreams, struggles, and emotions. We play the role of parents too."

"We tried to simplify everything. Before training, we’d handle theory. In training, we executed."

"The dream was always alive - even when no one believed."

"I don’t usually allow challenges to affect my performance, I have to look out for the positive side of everything."

"Anything is possible."

"I have been competing in shot put for 22 years and what keeps me going is the morale and passion that I have for the sport."

"I’m so happy that I have won."

"I would like to dedicate my gold medal to my husband who is my mentor and who supports me, and also to my country Nigeria."

"Gold medals from Mercy Genesis, Eucharia Njideka Iyiazi were the biggest highlights of the day as the Para Athletes also fought back hard to win bronze in their event categories."

"The quality of boxers at the Youth Games was “top notch”."

"it will be wrong for anyone to say we have reached our full potentials in sports."

"I am the only person to represent my country without a coach here. I am really proud of myself."

"I am very excited because this is my first appearance in the Commonwealth Games. The time I returned didn’t really matter and all I wanted was to win, which I have been able to achieve. I feel good with the way I ended the season. I am surprised at winning the gold medal but it’s late in the season and anything can happen. I would say it was my best race, my best finish to a season."

"Divine Aide Omo from Martial Arts can be identified as a 2w1. As a Type 2, Omo embodies the qualities of a helper and caregiver, driven by a desire to support and nurture those around her. She shows compassion, warmth, and a strong sense of empathy, often putting others' needs above her own. This selflessness is highlighted in her actions and motivations throughout the narrative, as she demonstrates an unwavering commitment to assisting her friends and allies."

"I was not excited, because I came here to set a pv that is what is on my mind. But I still thank God because this is my first time coming to an international competition like this. For making it to be fifth I know next year or any world championship later, I'm going to work hard. So I'm going to better my time and I'm going to work better than this..."

"Great is your faithfulness oh Lord!! My Redeemer, my protector, my sustainer thank you for how far you've brought me and my home, Glory to God almighty!!!"

"So, l've been learning chords and arpeggios. In music, just like in Electrical Engineering (my major), theory is one thing, but practical application is another. Applying my new knowledge made me realize I've been playing the keyboard the hard way . I applied what I've learned to a small segment of the chorus of this song, and it's much easier to play now. (Can you tell the line I'm talking about?) Keeping all of my fingers on the keyboard without accidentally pressing the wrong key is still a challenge. I'm looking forward to working with a live tutor soon. And mehn - recording can be exhausting. By the time I got the perfect camera spot, I was already dropping the idea. How do people do that thing?"

"Sometimes one needs to taste defeat to sit up. If you win all the times, you might be tempted to believe you have arrived. I learnt from that loss that no player is invincible."

"This silver is more precious than gold. In short, it is golden silver."

"In recent years, when I am running, it is mostly for the joy of it...to give God glory with my talent and to inspire other people. I don’t attach my accomplishments to any country or to anyone."

"We believe that every girl in society, regardless of her ethnic background, should get equal chance in sports to have fun, develop her talents and enjoy being in an inclusive community. We believe that youth sports is the best tool for girls to develop self-motivation, resiliency and strong appreciation for their own health and well- being. To help young girls become the future ethical leaders and positive contributors for our society, we offer training and equipment for them free of charge twice a week."

"Make the best out of my training, to improve everyday, and reach the potential that I feel inside me and haven’t shown yet. If I manage to do all that, the result will surely come."

"It would have been a great honour to represent Nigeria at some point, but the IAAF has made it very hard to switch allegiance. Now, the athlete has to wait at least two years to compete for another country in an international championships."

"You can be great today and be loved by everyone and the next day you are out in the cold. It is like you are working hard your whole life for a run of a couple of seconds and sometimes you might not get rewarded for it. So, one has to take nothing for granted because nothing is guaranteed in athletics."

"My talent was first discovered at a school athletics day a year after I arrived Norway. We had different events such as sprint, long jump and high jump. I was the fastest girl, and the guys were afraid to run against me, so, I ended up running by myself, but with the best times of all children. The teachers encouraged me after that to take up athletics."

"I go to where I am needed and I owe no one any apology for working for Rivers."