Quotes About Community

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

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.

I have been so inspired by the Special Olympics athletes that I have been so fortunate to meet, and I am excited to continue my involvement in the Special Olympics Movement.

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

Special Olympics is such an empowering organization for the thousands of athletes involved and those of us like myself who lend support to them.

I'm from a farm town that when I was a kid was about an hour outside of Omaha.

I admire people who can step out on their own and work alone - that takes a lot of guts. But I'd rather have the camaraderie on and off camera of working as a part of a group.

The fans have always helped me get through good things and bad things on and off the golf course.

I've grown a lot in my time in San Antonio, both on and off the court, and probably off the court most importantly.

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary.

Once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one.

I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him.

I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.

I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia.

It was not me failing that I was scared of. It was failing those people back home who believe in you. They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box score of my games.

There are other people in 'Dreamgirls' who are born-again Christians. We have a Bible study class once a week. It was started by Charles Bernard and myself. We meet at the theater.

My favourite thing is cooking for my friends. There are 13 of us who all met at university. They come round once a week, and I make a huge lasagne.

I go to church for the cultural element. It's where you go to see Greek people once a week. It's real important to me, and I hope my children see they're part of something bigger than just this family.

Get your friends together, even if it's just once a week or twice a month, and make dinner together.

You've got to watch 'Blue Bloods' once a week. There's a message in every show.

I always travel with one book. I'll read it and then leave it for someone else, and take another book.

After globalisation, one country can't destabilise another country, as the international community will not forget it.

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

The characters in 'Be Near Me' come from a genuine place, a Britain that is more than one country and more than one ideal.