Quotes About Belonging

People don't understand that where I come from, everyone is either a convict, been in jail, been in a gang, is a hooligan of some sorts, but those are my brothers, my family and the people that I travel with. Those are the people that I roll with.

I have never been to Jamaica and in footballing terms, I feel English because this is where I grew up and played all of my football. That is not to say I don't have immense pride in my Jamaican heritage - I certainly do.

I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while.

Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.

Bob's whole life is about Africa. It is not about Jamaica.

When I fought Benson Henderson for the first time, or Jamie Varner, it was always like, 'Oh man... I'm in here fighting these guys. Do I really belong here?' That's all changed now.

As Annie Proulx is to Wyoming, so is Jane Candia Coleman to Arizona.

I was born in an enemy country. Only in America can someone who came from that beginning do what I am doing. It would never happen in Germany or Japan.

I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.

I'd really like to go back to New Japan because it feels like home, and I love that place so much.

Actually, I live in FL now. But, I mean, of course I'm very honored to be playing for Japan. But my dad's side is Haitian, so represent.

I was born in France, but I would have been happy to have been born in Senegal or in Romania or Japan. I don't care. This planet is both so small and so big, but I'm part of it.

I'm not American. I still have my Japanese citizenship.

I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally.

I'm a first-generation Japanese immigrant.

I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.

It's an honour to be Japanese.

I'm Japanese, of course, but spending so long in America has made me into a different kind of person.

Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.

As proud as I am of being Polish-Canadian, sometimes I'm so jealous I wasn't born Italian.

The Bayern jersey means so much to me.

North Jersey is one of the best places on earth. I love living there. I want to raise my kids there. It's my favorite state in the country.

When I was growing up, it was so embarrassing to be from Jersey.

I'm excited to wear my country's jersey.