“Part of what we were able to accomplish this summer was empowering women. What the Australian women are doing is they’re empowering themselves and they’re empowering the next generation of womencoming behind them to stand up and speak up for what is right and what they think that they deserve. We did this many, many years ago and us, as players, are now reaping the rewards of the hard workand just put my foot down and saying, ‘We’re not going to accept this kind of treatment anymore.’”
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