Quotes About Acceptance

When I was a small boy, I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than everyone else.

I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.

People who don't like football don't appreciate my game, but I like it.

I wish I had some strapping football player husband. It would be such a dream to be 'normal' like that, but I'm just not.

And I think they loved me because I loved being part of their team, you know, and I quite often say to kids, that I was the worst player in the world's best football team - and that was good enough for me.

Wrestling definitely shaped the direction of my life because, before that, I wanted to fit in so much. I wanted to be one of the cool cats. I was friends with the captain of the football team because he had all the chicks. I wanted to be that guy.

I don't hate anyone, especially any college football team.

I would go on record saying that there is probably one gay or bi-person in every football team. They're there, they are 100 per cent there. I think people that are gay or from that community definitely are very worried about having to shoulder the responsibility of being the first. I think once the first comes out, there would be loads.

If I have to leave Chelsea I have to leave. It's one of those things as a footballer that you have to accept and hopefully there will be someone out there who wants me.

It is a fact for any footballer - you can be really happy, but if the club don't want you, you have to accept it.

Not all things always go your way and you have to accept that. That's what you are going to get as a footballer.

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.'

I love myself, I love my skin, and I love my history. I'm grateful for who I am, grateful for the people who made me, my ancestors, and I wouldn't change a thing.

I am very public about my love for the people in my life, whether they are girls or boys.

I know that everybody is not going to be a Terrell Suggs fan, and that's fine. For the people that are, I'm going to be myself and they are going to love me and they are going to enjoy it.

The process of coming out was critical to getting where we are today: coming out to our friends, our family, our co-workers, God forbid, to our clients.

There's kind of a gift in being gay because, if you come out, you're forced to express yourself.

I'm not practising, I don't go to church, but what I got from it was a sense of belonging to something bigger. What I really miss is being forced to be in a community with people that aren't the same as you. Then, you really have to work through the ways that you're different.

Forcing some countries to accept democracy is something that should not be done.

I never tried forcing anyone to understand me. Everybody has their own opinion. But I will always be happy the way I am.

Growing up as Chinese-American, as someone who experienced racism, questions of 'otherness' are always at the forefront of my mind.

Some people have their sexuality really at the forefront of who they are, and I applaud those people.

I feel like I have a big forehead.

I have got lines on my forehead, so be it, the laugh lines add to my personality.