Quotes About Acceptance

The only thing I can do is move forward and try to put myself in the best position to help this team win, and whatever decisions they make, I will just have to deal with it.

I come in, I work hard, I do everything I can to help the team win and wherever the chips fall they fall.

I grew up in a very culturally diverse area of America, and I am very proud to come from there. I am also proud that my inner circle of friends has never been defined by race but by the content of their character. Any former teammate or anyone who has met me can attest to this, and I pride myself on not being a judgmental person.

There's only so many times you can write the story about the gay teammate.

You'll make mistakes, but if you make mistakes by trying to do the right things, then they're mistakes that most coaches and most teammates can accept.

The best part of when you reveal your authentic self publicly is that it will allow those people around you, whether it's your teammates or people who you thought were friends, you will see their true colors come out. Some people who you might have thought would not be supporters end up being some of your biggest supporters.

I always get made fun of by my teammates for my huge calves, but I'm like, 'they make me strong and fast!'

A child comes to see his father play, have fun, make people happy, and what does he see? He sees people booing his father for being black. They make monkey noises. They throw bananas at his teammates and all that.

Some of my teammates and coaches don't understand what I'm doing by speaking out, but they support me, for which I am grateful. They have become part of my surrogate family here in the United States.

I used to care a lot about what other people thought - like teammates.

I can't answer what coaches value me more. I don't really look for that answer. I look to see if my teammates accept who I am as a basketball player and as a person.

The music I like or the football teams I like or the food I eat has nothing to do with me being black.

Fine," I grumbled. "We'll take your lame yet highly fuel-efficient car.

Bueno, todos debemos hacer cosas que no nos gustan, la vida es así.

Don't be sorry you loved him.

I wasn't that crazy on spirit when I said you're my flame in the dark. We chase away the shadows around each other. Our backgrounds don't matter. What we have is bigger than that. I love you, and beneath all that logic, calculation, and superstition, I know you love me too.

No one is beyond being loved.

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't.

It is the imperfection that makes love perfect.

Even I got turned down by girls, and when it happened, I dusted off my ego and moved on.

You can't help the way you feel.

Only now, standing with him, I realized it wouldn't be enough. It would only hurt more now, knowing exactly what I could never have again. I would never make love with Seth again, never have these intimate moments of comfort and rapport. He wasn't mine anymore. He never could be again.

He hesitated a moment and gave a decisive nod. Then, to my complete and utter astonishment, he got down on his knees before me and clasped my hands in his. "Sydney Katherine Sage," he said, his green eyes full of love and earnestness. "Would you do a brooding, deadbeat Moroi the honor of being his wife?

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want