Quotes About Belonging

My parents are from Mexico City.

I've always felt that Miami is part of my DNA.

I'm from Miami, you know, when you're a child, you always want to play in front of your hometown.

I come from Carol City. The city renamed it Miami Gardens.

Miami feels like home to me.

Despite everything, I love Miami. I love the people. I'm grateful this organization drafted me, and I think people should know that.

All through Miami, the guys who grew up with me hitting at the place I hit, they all call me Flaco. Nobody calls me J.D. It's like, 'Hey, Flaco.'

I can't say I've always been a Miami Heat fan, but ever since I got down to Miami, I'm a fan of many Miami teams.

I love Miami and would love to always be in Miami.

The Miami Heat represent the city of Miami.

I don't know all the inner workings of the Miami Dolphins locker room, but I do know the pain of being different, the sadness that accompanies not fitting in and the hopeless feeling of having no one to turn to, because it's part of my story as well.

I feel comfortable in Miami.

We lived in Miami, L.A., in Barbados, Jamaica and Hawaii. You can put them all together and they don't add up to Australia, I absolutely love Australia - I feel at home.

When I go back home, I feel like Michael Jackson in Memphis. They love me.

When I was growing up in L.A. in the late '70s and early '80s, Michael Jackson's was the first face on TV that looked like mine.

It's been a long time since I lived in Michigan, but I did grow up there for 18 to 20 years of my life. It does feel my home state.

California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

A big piece of my heart is definitely in Michigan and will always be in Michigan. Growing up there is definitely a big part of who I am as a person.

Sometimes I feel so separated, you know? The Kardashians over here, the Jenners over here, little me in the middle. We've got to keep the family going.

The real middle class India that has always been looking for a voice that is its very own. I write about it because I belong to it.

Because I came from the working class, I still identify with them. I don't identify with the middle class.

I'm an immigrant. I'm from the Middle East.

I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as far as I'm aware, no Middle Eastern blood.

I'm Latina and Middle Eastern. Not a lot of people look like me, and I want to embrace all ethnic cultures and make them feel like they're included.