Quotes About Empathy

People forget that I'm a human being, just because I play a sport that everybody loves. We're human. We're not invincible. We share the same feelings and emotions that people on the outside feel. I don't think people really understand that.

Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that.

I think some fans are very passionate, they just say what they want to say but they just need to slow it down a bit. We're still only human. We're not what people think. We might be famous but we love the sport and just want to play football.

Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.

What I have learned in this sport is that it's very easy to feel very alone.

When you're around a sport awhile and sort of get to know everybody, you start to appreciate people more instead of just seeing a number and a sponsor and a competitor.

I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan.

Besides being a sportsman, I am also a human being.

It's good for your career as a sportsman if you watch other professional sports - how they're behaving and how they react in difficult situations.

Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.

I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.

I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.

People don't want to be put on the spot over whether or not they like you, they want to come to that conclusion themselves. It's ok to let someone know you're interested, but there's no need to go any further than that.

I'm the first to admit that the resolution of a hand feeling the belly doesn't compare with the resolution of a CAT scan scanning the belly, but only my hand can say that it hurts at this spot and not at this spot. Only my hand can say that.

I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in 'Highway.'

It's a beautiful thing, the desire to help a fellow human who is maybe in a rough spot.

If I'm not moved from one spot to another, internally, while I'm witnessing it, reading it, consuming it, whatever, I don't know why we're being asked to the party.

I just think guys should be mindful, 'Okay, this guy is a hundred pounds lighter than me. Maybe I shouldn't hit him full on,' even if it's in a safe spot.

I have a soft spot for him because he's such a free spirit, and people just beat him up, and he's just trying to be him, so I do have a little soft spot for Kanye.

I've got a very soft spot for Mohammad Amir. As a person and as a cricketer, I admire him greatly.

You don't want to put somebody in a bad spot because you'll put everybody in a bad spot.

I have a soft spot for children.

I actually have a real soft spot for Kerry Katona.

I've kind of always had this soft spot in my heart for the homeless community, mainly homeless kids who live on the streets.