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born 1997
Leah Cathrine Williamson OBE (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays for Women's Super League club Arsenal and captains the England women's national team. A versatile player, she plays in central defence or the midfield.
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"But it's true, being a woman in this life is hard."
"I’m still waiting to find that thing that really sparks something in me."
"Kids are never the problem; it’s nearly always the parents."
"I like it because when you think back to key moments, you always remember the music that was playing."
"Nothing makes me feel the way football or music do. But you choose which song you want to put on… football is out of your control."
" If you want to become a woman footballer you don’t have to be a rebel these days. You can just follow your feet."
"The boys were embarrassed. There was pressure because they’d been taught that they shouldn’t be beaten by a girl."
"I’ve always been very opinionated. But I was dismissed as being angry."
"When I was younger, I felt I had to be a rebel to pursue what I wanted to."
"Even if someone else might not have liked the way I looked, to me I was fit, I was healthy, and I looked a way that I was happy with because I knew what I was doing made me happy."
"Being so heavily involved in sport was the best thing that ever could have happened to me going through school."
" 'Love is love' - I say it all the time and people are starting to get a bit annoyed I think. It's very transferable to a lot of situations."
"I can only speak on this as a woman, because that’s my group, but every single woman who has got herself to the point of playing, especially professionally, has had to face misogyny."
"I was never interested in politics at school, but the more you see the injustice in the world, how can you not have an interest in what’s going on if you care about the community you live in?"
"I was brought up never to expect people to say no to me, because if I said I wanted to do something, then I was pushed forward and given as many resources as possible to do it by my family."
"In the book, I speak about, find what you love, then do it, and do it till you’ve got nothing left to give it. If I’m telling people to follow their passions and to be the best versions of themselves, how could I give my life to something that wasn’t along those guidelines?"
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