I. King Jordan Quotes

We need to build relationships, not walls.

I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some insights that go a little further than people who haven't had contact with the deaf community.

I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

I have differences with every single human being I know, but that difference shouldn’t define our relationship.

The real power of any movement is how we work together with other social justice movements.

We're a microcosm of America and are blessed to live in a country that's so diverse. While it's great for people to see that we can love and respect each other and work together, despite our differences, at the end of the day, we just want to make great music.

Let's work together to keep our country open, tolerant, respectful, and progressive.

Sport represents a union of diversity.

We need to focus on being one Baltimore.

I have my own foundation, Nyle DiMarco Foundation, and it focuses on bettering deaf youths' lives.

I don't know that hearing people have ever felt that experience of truly being left out. They have easy communication, while deaf people can't join in. It takes more time to communicate with us.

I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

Together we are building a new Mexico.

When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

Perhaps we should worry less about judging people for being Mormon or Baptist or Muslim or gay or straight or black or white or Latino or by their religious or political brands and worry more about electing thoughtful, serious and ethical politicians on both sides of the political isle who are willing to work together for progress.

I'm about unity.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

A friend of mine has a son who became deaf through meningitis. He called me one spring and asked me to keep a week out of my schedule because he wanted to start a school for deaf kids. I wanted to help.

It's time for all of us to unite across the state of Washington to build a working Washington. Let's get to work.

Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.