I'm motivated by very small successes.

Setbacks are just learning experiences.

Not only do the majority of senior women executives have sports in their background, they recognize that the behaviors and techniques learned through sports are critical to motivating teams and improving performance in a corporate environment.

I think what you have to recognise is everybody has their own deal, and everybody has challenges. Do I think that it was easier for me because at a certain point in my career I didn't have children? Yeah, I think absolutely so. But everybody has their own deal.

As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day. And so you just keep picking yourself up and going forward.

Sponsorship involves putting your own political capital at risk, so they are going to help that person to succeed. Women get promoted; they don't get sponsored. Women know they are on their own if they get that promotion.

There's no doubt about it that my participation in sports allowed me to compete in the business world in a very gender-neutral way.

Research shows that women at that mid level tend to get promoted based on performance, and men tend to get promoted based on potential.

Mentorship has been an excuse not to promote women.

Success is fine, but success is fleeting. Significance is lasting.