Quotes from Ada Hegerberg

Every player needs to use their voice to shake up things.

I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.

We work just as hard as any footballer, period. We go through the same experiences and heartaches. We make the same sacrifices. We leave our families behind to chase our dreams, too.

On the pitch, I can be really fearless. It's all about performing, and I forget about everything else. When I step off, in real life, I can be a different person. I can feel vulnerable sometimes.

Sometimes you need to make difficult choices.

If you want to get anywhere in life, you have to make choices.

The way I work, I always ask myself, 'What did go well this year, and what do we need to work on?' I always have a plan in my head.

It's impossible to play football in a world among men and not fight for equality.

I think when people ask me, 'Who's your favourite player?' it's hard for me to answer.

Please, believe in yourself!

Norway has a great history of women's football, but it's harder now. We've stopped talking about development, and other countries have overtaken us.

I think more about preparation than numbers. If I'm well prepared, there will be results.

I had nightmares after being with the national team. You shouldn't have things like that.

Wherever you play, you just want to have fun.

I expect if people have had a problem with me or my attitude, then they come and take it directly with me, face to face.

My father and my mother were professional footballers and have also been coaches.

When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn't cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.

It's great that we all talk about investment, but there needs to be action behind it as well. If we don't push for the change for women's football to go in the right direction, then it won't come by itself.

I'm just focused playing 100% as best as I can at my club.

When you first win a trophy, you want to do it again and again. It keeps you hungry.

Winning all these trophies and having all this success gives you a voice.

We live in a world where equality is the most important thing.

I always used to play with the boys and loved it. You never asked yourself the question if there should be a difference between a boy or a girl.

When I was little, I always loved scoring goals.