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Quotes from Emma Hayes

When the football world is ready to adhere to the diversity codes so that BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) communities, plus women, get the opportunities in football then I'll see that as a step forward.
~ Emma Hayes
I share the concerns around the world about everything from a lack of opportunity to groups of people being oppressed.
~ Emma Hayes
I am happy to play Barcelona in a one-off game, in a neutral venue. Why? Because Spanish teams are tricky.
~ Emma Hayes
You want to win more when you win. That's the thing about winning, it becomes addictive.
~ Emma Hayes
When you say 'the menopause', people understand; when you say 'periods' to someone, even if they don't understand the mechanisms of it, they will understand. But if you say to someone 'I have endometriosis,' they haven't got a clue what it is. There is such a lack of tying it together with what is normal versus what is not normal with a period.
~ Emma Hayes
I've shown the players geese videos. I've shown them why geese fly in V formation, what everybody's role is, how geese support each other and, most importantly, why you fly further together. That's the bottom line. Geese wouldn't be able to migrate to the sun without all traveling together. It's the same for us.
~ Emma Hayes
You can't always be on top and dominant throughout.
~ Emma Hayes
I'm not afraid of Wolfsburg and I know my dressing room is not.
~ Emma Hayes
We talk about women in football like we are not entitled to the same opportunity and the same access.
~ Emma Hayes
When I was 17 I did a B License and had no opportunities in the U.K. so I opted to go abroad and work in America for 10 years where the understanding of female coaches was very different to England.
~ Emma Hayes
There should be creches for people that work in football clubs. We put long hours in and we don't get to see our children a lot and that's something that I think could be considered within the game.
~ Emma Hayes