Cleat Cute Quotes

“Lesbian is important to me," Phoebe says. "The world likes to act like it's a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn't. I want other girls like me to know it's a beautiful word.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“You can’t win a championship without gays on your team. It’s pretty much never been done before, ever. That’s science, right there. —Megan Rapinoe”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“One of the downsides of being a lesbian athlete is other women are always doing hot things around you.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“The corollary to you can be whatever you want is you don't have to be anything you don't want”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“I'm proud of you. For setting boundaries to protect your happiness. For going after what makes you happy.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“Matthews laughs softly. “I brushed my teeth,” she says. “But are you sure you don’t just want to kiss me? You don’t have to use a bet as an excuse.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“The ones who look at Grace with stars in their eyes are usually the easiest to lead.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“Your best performance is just that: yours. It doesn't matter how the people around you do.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“You can’t win a championship without gays on your team. It’s pretty much never been done before, ever. That’s science, right there.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“This is what Kelsey has always been like—teasing, but with a mean edge.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“Lesbian is important to me,” Phoebe says. “The world likes to act like it’s a porn category, not an identity. It took me a while to realize it wasn’t. I want other girls like me to know it’s a beautiful word.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“Phoebe is stupid and horny, but she isn’t that stupid and horny.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“The corollary to you can be whatever you want is you don’t have to be anything you don’t want,”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“There were three girls from the Midwest—two from Michigan and one from Chicago—and they got the whole team hooked on some card game called euchre.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute

“Calling Phoebe loud and obnoxious and gay ignores all her layers and contradictions. That’s Grace’s issue with fame—people take you at face value. Nobody bothers to look for the person beneath the brand. To most people, Grace isn’t a person; she’s a soccer player. Even to her family—they come visit for the first game of the season. Her dad calls after every game. She’s used to it by now, but that doesn’t mean it’s not frustrating. It’s absurd to her that Matthews is talking about herself like a brand, like that’s a good thing. But then, she’s a rookie; she doesn’t know fame yet.”
― Meryl Wilsner, Cleat Cute