Equity issues - women and girls

“In life, as in tennis, nothing happens until someone serves,” a reflection of his belief in taking action to spark change.

• Bob Larson

The Be Legendary program is designed to have a lasting impact on young participants. Research has shown that by studying the careers and values of sports legends and then meeting these legends in person, students gain powerful insights into the importance of integrity, determination, and teamwork. These experiences often foster a deeper personal co

Situations have no solution, they’re not problems, they’re simply the way it is.

Problems are distinguished by the fact that they have solutions. But that doesn’t mean that the solution is obvious, easy or convenient.

If the problem is important enough, we should pick the best available solution, not turn it into a situation.

• Seth Godin

Selfish is easy.

Short term is easy.

Complacent is easy.

Turning our head and ignoring the problem is easy.

Going along to get along is easy.

But easy isn’t the point.

Better is.

Challenging the status quo is difficult, and worth it.

• Seth Godin

“The knee-jerk reaction is that women don’t bring in as much money as the men and if they did, they wouldn’t be second-class citizens. Yet consider a counter-narrative: during the 55-year history of the sport’s modern era, if women had received the same exposure and investment as men and didn’t have to confront countless barriers and aggressions, m

For all that, as the folks who run the Barracudas will tell you, growing the game at the grassroots level is far from simple. Launching the free-of-charge learn-to-play program required no end of effort, including lobbying for more ice time at municipal arenas, where the per-hour cost typically runs about half the price of privately owned pads.

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What got us to where we are isn’t going to get us where we need to go now.

Every word has consequences.

Every silence, too.

• Jean-Paul Sartre