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" Young girls need to see women who are strong and vulnerable and complex onscreen. "

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" I want to feel like I'm beautiful because I'm me. "

" It's important that we're properly represented and for viewers to see all the bits and pieces of being a woman of color. "

" I know me. I only have brothers, and I know that I would do anything for them, and I would back them up to the ends of the Earth. "

" I knew my focus was going to be somewhere in the arts. I've always painted. I've always sung. I didn't know when or how it was going to happen - or what it was going to be. "

" When all you've done is work toward being a professional athlete, and then you injure yourself, and you know that you're going to be out for a while, it's gut-wrenching. It almost feels like your life is over because that's all you've ever worked for. "

" I'm a woman of color, but I have so many different cultures inside of me. "

Different Cultures

" I think any player, as a rookie coming into any sport, has to prove themselves. "

" I'm an athlete in general. "

" I grew up in an athletic family. My dad played and my brother currently plays professional soccer, so I'm athletic. "

" When you have haters, you're doing something right. "

" I want to be a good actress, I want to be a good person, and I want to play baseball. "

" I've always wanted to know what it's like to be the first to do something. "

" Because our father played professional soccer, being in the spotlight never felt weird to me and my brother. We always felt we could do anything. "

" I think that TV and film are very important mediums to show what people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations can do, and I think that, as women, we are still in the process of proving what we can do, what we can accomplish, and who we are. "

" I get very agitated if I don't get something right away. "

" I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic. "

" I think the biggest thing that I learned, and why I've fallen in love with baseball, is how mental of a game it is. It's such a mental sport, and it's beautiful. I think definitely the mental aspect, the stats, and the mathematics, that, to me, really blew me away. "

" I would love to do something that takes me on an adventure. I really want to do it all. "

" I grew up with brothers, so I very easily get along with men. "

" I sing. I used to think singing is going to be the route, and I still sing to this day. I still try to write lyrics. "

" I do feel I have a responsibility to empower women and to inspire them. "

" I did this film called 'Prom.' It was a Disney movie. And at that point, I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I had no idea how to act. It was purely instinctual. I just remember the first scene I did and the first take, it feeling so right. "

" What I look for in a role is a woman who is important - not on the sidelines, not arm candy: women who do important things. "

" I'm pretty proud of my fastball. I can throw a screwball. It's not as accurate, and I don't have the velocity like I do with my fastball, but I think my fastball is not too shabby. "

" Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do. "

" Child actors are notorious for being brats. "

" I was born in Canada, and then my dad played pro soccer in England and then also on an island off the coast of Portugal. So we lived there for, like, 10 years. And then we moved to Minnesota. So I feel like I've experienced a lot of different cultures, and I'm still figuring out who I am. "

" If I can learn how to pitch in two months, and I'm doing OK, how can we not assume that a woman who's been working on it for her entire life won't be playing in the MLB? It's ridiculous. "

" I grew up watching the Williams sisters. I did a lot of research on Serena and kind of stole some things from her. "