Quotes About Diversity

I mean no offence, but we know that the French league is not the same as the Spanish or English league, where there's more difficulty.

If you go to Spain and ask, 'Who has the best goalkeepers?' they will say, 'The Spanish.' If you go to Germany, they will say German goalkeepers, and Italy the same. You go to England and they say, 'God knows!'

I like watching Spanish and Italian games and looking at how they play compared to us.

A lot of people say I'm not Mexican because I don't speak a lot of Spanish or am there a lot, but the United States is where it's at. Mexico's in my blood, in my DNA. It's in my kids' DNA.

It's part of my challenge as an actor, not only speaking English but speaking Spanish with a Mexican accent.

I speak fluent Spanish. I also speak Italian and I was once pretty decent at German.

My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz.

I've got Spanish grandparents and I've got a connection with Spain. But I consider myself English and I want to play for England.

Flamenco is connected with so many types of music. It has Jewish culture inside, Arabian culture inside, Russian culture inside, Spanish culture inside. It's linked to African music too, because African music has the 'amalgama' rhythms you can find in flamenco. You can find everything in flamenco. That's why it's so beautiful.

My parents raised my brother and me with two cultures, American and Spanish, and I feel a true sense of belonging to both.

Any time there is a film in a 'foreign language,' in Spanish or Korean or whatever language, it's usually not an American film. It's usually from another country.

When I go to Colombia or Mexico, I speak Spanish. When I go to Italy, I speak Italian. When I'm in Germany, I speak German. Would I expect them to speak English in these countries? No. I mean, great if they do, but no. Would I be offended if in Spain they say we speak Spanish? No. If I was an immigrant there, no.

Every footballer has their own identity. A Uruguayan player is different to a Spanish player. A Portuguese player may be similar to a Spanish one, but not the same - and so on.

I think Englishmen or Northern Europeans in general are more naturally attracted to the lute than to the guitar, which always seems Spanish exotic - to our ears.

I've always played a lot of Spanish music, but not as much as most guitarists do.

I never watched British television. I bought myself a satellite for French, Spanish and Portuguese TV, instead.

The ISL brought together many football cultures such as Italians, Dutch, French, English and Spanish. There were no Brazilians! I brought something from Brazil, a team of professionals that changed something.

I like English football, Spanish football, Italian football. I like all of them.

You know, I grew up Black in America, I grew up close to Spanish Harlem where we ain't have much money, but we was like all friends and cool and playing and going to school together.

Some of my closest friends are Angelo Ogbonna, who's Italian, and Pablo Fornals who is Spanish. His English is good but is not proper. There's enough for me to understand what he's got to say and we can go out and have a meal and be able to speak to each other through it so it is quality.

When we go city by city, country by country, the majority of our hosts, our owners, are simply renting out their spare bedroom.

I would like to do more projects involving artists from film, fashion and music. That's the spark for me.

In U.S., there are lot of good fighters, female fighters. Lots of different sparring partners. So it's good.

I don't speak English or French, but that doesn't mean anything.