Dr. Mary Jo Kane, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Tucker Center, is quoted on the female Muslim athletes competing in the Summer Olympics in London in a piece in the Charlotte Observer titled, "Female Muslim athletes are pioneers for progress" and in the Los Angeles Times in an article titled, "London Olympics: Women from three Muslim countries are pioneers."

"Female Muslim athletes are pioneers for progress." Kane said. "It [progress] is a very slow process, but one of the things sport teaches us as human beings is perseverance."