--- title: HK Poet's Inspiring Speech About Being a Woman Athlete description: She gave a rhythmic, emotional opus about what it means to be an athlete and a woman. canonical: https://time.com/4210841/female-football-player-inspiring-speech-2/ author: Katy Steinmetz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-06T21:38:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:46.012Z og:title: HK Poet's Inspiring Speech About Being a Woman Athlete og:description: She gave a rhythmic, emotional opus about what it means to be an athlete and a woman. og:url: https://time.com/4210841/female-football-player-inspiring-speech-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08d1331fbe17dd08/69887c79a988ca42666b6787/screen-shot-2016-02-06-at-4-26-26-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2564 og:image:height: 1442 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2016-02-06 at 4.26.26 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: HK Poet's Inspiring Speech About Being a Woman Athlete twitter:description: She gave a rhythmic, emotional opus about what it means to be an athlete and a woman. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08d1331fbe17dd08/69887c79a988ca42666b6787/screen-shot-2016-02-06-at-4-26-26-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch This Female Football Player's Inspiring Speech About Being a Woman Athlete > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Katy Steinmetz](https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/) ## Katy Steinmetz Feb 6, 2016 9:38 PM UTC  Youtube by [Katy Steinmetz](https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/) ## Katy Steinmetz Feb 6, 2016 9:38 PM UTC Most of the speakers at the National Football League’s [first-ever](http://time.com/4208631/nfl-womens-summit-super-bowl/) [women’s summit](http://www.nflwomenssummit.com/) gave plain old talks on Thursday, with the exception of Holly K. Peterson. The women’s tackle football player, charter school athletic director and spoken word artist known as “HK Poet” took the stage either side of big names like Condoleezza Rice and Billie Jean King—and still may have gotten the biggest round of applause for her rhythmic, emotional opus about what it means to be an athlete and a woman. 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