Quotes About Acceptance

I've never been interested in changing my face. I hear of those glycolic peels and the Botox and plastic surgeries, and I am just, like, 'Oh my God.' I just could never do that.

I can't help the way I look. What am I supposed to do, put a plastic bag over my head?

I'm against exclusion of any kind - whether that's restricting people from Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. or kicking merchants off our platform if they're operating within the law.

I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.

You're not going to do that. If you gave your best to what you were given, at the time, it's going to play out how it's going to play out.

There's something to be said for any boy growing up among lots of other boys who like to play basketball and football, while all I wanted to do was put on musicals. Mentally, I was always in my own world.

For so long I focused on all that I had lost - my legs, my anonymity, even my freedom in a way. I couldn't jump in the car, blast some music and just get away for a bit. I couldn't play basketball with my brothers. I couldn't even get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom without making it some sort of production.

For me, it's whatever happens, happens. I'm just excited to play basketball. It's a blessing.

It's one of those things where it's not something you want to do; nobody wants to retire from basketball. You want to play basketball forever. Retirement is admitting to yourself and everybody else that, 'I can't do this job anymore.' For me, that's not a celebration.

I can't play football forever.

You don't have to be a strapping lad to play football.

I have made mistakes and just have to live with it, but at the end of the day, I just want to play football.

If you speak to girls who play football alongside lads, they'll tell you that you almost have to earn the right to play with them. It's annoying that you have to do that, but once you've done it, the barriers are down.

I remember I used to play football in my childhood and my team had people from different faiths and backgrounds. It had the son of the person who would take us to the school on his rickshaw or the guy who came to pick up our garbage but I never knew this.

The world is not going to come to an end because I'm not going to play football anymore.

Just be you. Play golf. If you get riled up, show it. If you aren't happy about something, it's all right. Just play golf.

I look like a duck. It's the way my mouth curls up, or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.

I've played a couple of gay characters onstage, and it's always been something I'm comfortable with. I grew up in a family and a culture that doesn't have stigmas about sexuality.

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

Injuries are a part and parcel of a player's career.

Every player has played with gay guys.

It doesn't matter which year a player is born in, whether you are 19 or 20 - you have to be agile. You have to accept your shortcomings.

The door can never be closed for good to any player.