Quotes About Diversity

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.

I've played in many different environments and at the highest level at an Olympic Games.

Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

Having the opportunity to go to the U.S. Olympics was great because I was the first Latina in over 30 years to compete in gymnastics at the Olympics.

At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

It's a beautiful thing to be involved with the Special Olympics.

When you're a little girl, and you're watching the Olympics, and you see this very diverse group of gymnasts out there, and - I think this team, the Final 5, will inspire so many little girls to go out there and do what they love.

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks.

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

Each Olympics is different.

Every time I turn on the Olympics there is somebody that I know and have had intense conversations with, and that's cool.

I love the fact I am a Cuban American man who represented the United States in the Olympics. I was proud to wear the red-white-and-blue.

Working with Kal Penn in 'Namesake' was funny at times. What we did was so real. We had fun on and off the sets, too.

Just because two guys are homosexual and happen to be the only two homosexuals on-screen doesn't mean they're going to be like, 'Oh yeah, let's get together!' It doesn't always happen like that.

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

It is so important for young people to see characters with different mental health challenges on-screen.

Women should not only be doing action on-screen but should be a part of every other aspect of filmmaking.

Every time we have a woman on-screen, we can empower her in a different way rather than just giving a speech on the importance of equality and empowerment. I think sometimes we have to show her as powerful.

As an actress, I want to live many lives on-screen.

I am older than most of my on-screen colleagues, and the ones behind the scenes, too.