“It’s humbling to see the record of earlier winners of this award. From Serena Williams to Simone Biles, Lindsey Vonn, Naomi Osaka and final 12 months’s winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, they’re all unimaginable athletes who haven’t solely excelled of their chosen sports activities, however been unimaginable function fashions for youthful generations of younger girls and ladies. To be the primary footballer to win this award makes it much more particular and I hope to characterize my sport in the identical means that these nice champions have achieved.
