Quotes About Identity

In Africa, kids don't look at black athletes and say, 'They're different from us.' They look at them and say, 'That can be me.'

It is funny to me that because I can run, because I'm athletic, people tend to see that as my only asset.

When I was playing for Real Zaragoza, I had the responsibility that I was playing for the club that I support and that I love. When I was playing for Athletic Bilbao, I was feeling the responsibility to play for the most special philosophy in the world, which is only playing Basque people.

I was one of those athletic African players.

I grew up working class in Atlanta.

As a player, you have to see what's out there. But, at the end of the day, I knew Atlanta was my home, and it's where I wanted to be.

I'm all in. I'm true to Atlanta.

I can go down to Atlanta any time I want, I grew up in Atlanta.

Atlanta is my home.

When you think of Atlanta, you think of all these artists but what female? I want to be that.

I used to be the voice of Virgin Atlantic in America, and some people only know me for that.

I didn't like being a name attached to a book.

I want to be my own person. I want to make a name for myself instead of having the name attached to me.

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.

It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles.

I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it.

Chimere's not mine. That hurt 'cause I had attached myself to this guy, you know. This is my son. I'm looking at him, and I'm picturing I'm gonna be old, and he's gonna be - this is my son! It's not my son.

I definitely feel more attached to Kolkata than anywhere else in India.

You are attached to what you attack.

For podcasters, people are just being themselves in a public fashion. So when someone is attacking a podcast, they're really attacking the person, because the person is the podcast. So I think that's why podcasters take it to heart. It's a very personal form of media, probably the most personal form of media.

What we realized is if you don't see yourself represented - no matter if it is on TV or in a club or whatever - you're probably not going to want to attend. You're not going to feel comfortable.

We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

I think you're always attracted by characters that are a little bit like you, or at least the worst parts of you that you can finally accept and say, 'All right, at least I know that now!'