Obrigada, Marta!
"It is hard to talk. It wasn't in my worst nightmares the World Cup I dreamed of. It's just the beginning. Brazilian people asked for renewal, it is being renewed, the only old woman is me and maybe Tamires next to me. Most of the team is made up of talented girls with a huge road ahead of them. I end here, but they continue.
We now have players to look up to [in women's football], and that would not have happened if we had stayed still at the first hurdle we faced. It's about being persistent, and it didn't just start with me but with other players back then and I'm very proud and we ask the new generation to continue where we left off, continue to inspire even more girls and boys no matter what age they are.
When I started playing, I didn't have an idol, a female idol. You guys didn't show any female games. How was I supposed to see other players? How I was I supposed to understand that I could arrive at a national team and become a reference?
Today we have our own references. This wouldn't have happened if we had stopped in the first obstacles that we faced. ... And it didn't start just with me, but with a lot of the women back then.
I'm happy to see that sort of thing because 20 years ago, in 2003, you all met Marta. Twenty years later, I'm a player that inspired many women [to play football], and not just football but journalism as well. I see many female journalists here today that we just didn't see back then, so we opened doors to equality."
