Quotes About Inclusion

I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school. So the way to get round it was to become the school joker, which I did quite effectively - I was always fooling around to make the people who would otherwise dump me in the loo laugh.

Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.

Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.

As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

We're going to have more kids playing, and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone.

Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?'

I think every school in the world should have a sports program.

We still have a long way to go. Because the reality is that I'm 52-years-old. And how many 55 to 60-year-old women do you see in sports broadcasting? How many? I see a lot of 60-year-old men broadcasting. The physical appearance and natural aging of all the men doing this job don't matter.

I didn't have a hero playing in sports that looked like me.

I was a bouncer, if you can believe it for a while in a sports bar. I let everybody in.

I'm a sportsman, as good and strong as you, who just happens to be gay.

For those of you who aren't aware I am Jewish, the name might have given it away, and there were no other Jewish kids on my football team, so it was an adjustment for me because the kids didn't exactly love the fact that there was a Jewish kid taking their spot.

I never got picked for the athletics team for about three years. I was in my third year, and I really wanted to join, and I kept basically knocking on the door of the PE coach. 'Can I join? Can I join?' He's like, 'No... No.' And then one day, he's like, 'Okay, you want to race? Cool. We have a free spot for you. You're gonna be doing the 400.'

We are all friends here at United. But it is good to feel that everyone wants a spot in the starting XI.

I don't think you've ever done enough to guarantee a spot at the Euros.

Music is music, and we all have a spot and a place to enjoy it.

Being at the first post-Weinstein Oscars was amazing. It felt like there's a spotlight on diversity.

Often in the past, when we have had a deaf person in the spotlight, we have been portrayed badly. It was up to me to change that.

However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it.

Anyone that continues to spread hate or fear or judgment or phobias doesn't deserve a platform.

If you look at a bill of comics at a comedy club they spread the women out over the months because there aren't that many women doing it.

All my friends can probably only name one publishing house, and that is Scholastic; they are everywhere. Scholastic is the perfect partner for spreading my message of diversity, inclusion, and social action.