Quotes About Courage

I was a closet stutterer.

I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like that is that it almost seems like Russian Roulette when you're coming out of the closet to your parents.

If I was ashamed of who I am, I would be in the closet.

Coming out of the closet doesn't always mean liberation.

Players do not come out of the closet because they are afraid. We have to appear hard and strong, but we are afraid of what people will say about us. Of course, I have nothing against anyone. I respect everybody.

At some point, I came out to a lot of friends and some family, but then I went back in the closet when I started working as an actor in America.

We all have our own closets to come out of.

You never know when you're going to have to fight or take your clothes off.

I'm not afraid of cockroaches.

It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.

I'm from Colombia, and we've been through a lot of hard situations.

People in Colorado are resilient.

I don't want my daughter to ever feel that she can't do something because of her skin colour.

I didn't want to be a 16-year-old kid being beaten up by a bunch of people who didn't like me 'cause of the colour of my skin.

Do not let anything hold you back - especially the colour of your skin, that's ridiculous and it shouldn't be anything to hold you back.

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.

I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat.

I have led men in combat.

Change can be for good if you combine audacity with safety.

I have watched a documentary on Caster Semenya. I am inspired by how she made a comeback.

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

I was a stand-up comedian for 10 years, if you can believe it. And I gave it up at age 22.

If there's comfort involved, it's probably not for me.

If coming out to someone makes them love you less, just know that I love you.