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They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2551/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/2551.v5.jpg" alt="Victoria Pendleton"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Victoria Pendleton</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="32afe"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="32afe" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2551/32afe/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20lot%20of%20women%20in%20sport%20tend%20to%20take%20on%20a%20very%20masculine%2C%20aggressive%20look.%20They%20want%20to%20be%20perceived%20as%20being%20strong%20and%20powerful.%20I%20never%20lost%20that%20sense%20of%20wanting%20to%20retain%20my%20femininity.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2551%2F32afe%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/386/">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/110/">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/267/">Lost</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a414/32b2b/">Feminism is sort of like God. 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It's the right of every American.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1237/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/1237.v4.jpg" alt="Jackie Speier"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jackie Speier</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3306a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3306a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1237/3306a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Privacy%20isn%27t%20negotiable.%20It%27s%20the%20right%20of%20every%20American.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1237%2F3306a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/761/">American</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/512/">Right</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2132/">Privacy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2499/331f4/">I don't particularly like L.A.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a2499/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/2499.v5.jpg" alt="Walter Becker"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Walter Becker</span> </a> <a href="/b589/"><span itemprop="legalName">Steely Dan</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="331f4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="331f4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2499/331f4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20don%27t%20particularly%20like%20L.A.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2499%2F331f4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/175/">Like</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5706/">Particularly</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a529/334b6/">The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. 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