Quotes About Empowerment

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

You see us on the court, you see us out there balling, and there's so much more to the sport than just being a basketball player.

I would like to see more films being made with people of color behind the camera and in front of the camera, because the more times at bat we have, the better we get.

I used to work at Bloomingdale's when I was transitioning, and they didn't want me using the same bathroom as the female employees or what have you, so it was a struggle.

While growing up we all did our own work' I remember, we had a sign on our bathroom door which said 'Gandhiji cleaned his own bathrooms, so must you.'

Everyone wants to be Batman; I want to be Robin. I'll make Robin cool. Make him legit.

You have to have the same power to lead the life you want as a man does, and that means earning the same amount of money. We still have a battle on our hands with that.

We were alive during the 'Battle of the Sexes', but that story hadn't really been told.

We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.

I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.

All writers are battling and fighting as to how a woman should be characterised.

I've learnt I don't have to be a man and I don't have to be a woman, I can just be me.

Men, it's okay to be a man!

I was told I'd never work again, but once you come out, it's like someone turns on the lights, and your life will be different.

I've learnt to be happy by myself.

Be happy in your own skin.

It is possible for a woman to be a romantic, but also to be single and to be happy.

Everybody has an equal right to be on this earth and to be happy on this earth and to achieve on this earth. That's kind of the way that I would like to try and go about living.

I'd love to do something hard-hitting, like a lawyer or a policewoman, something like that. That would be nice.

That would be nice, to become more of a leader in the team.

You should always speak up. That's what I like to teach my fans - to be real and speak up for things you're passionate about.

I just want to be real and who I am. That's something I'd feel comfortable with any little girl looking up to, so that's who I try to be.

You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.

I want my girls to be strong and self-sufficient.