Jermain Defoe Quotes

Kids are our future, and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white.

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able 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.

If everyone's on the same page, doesn't matter what race, what background, what religion you are, if everyone comes together like a good, solid football team, baseball team... that's how you win games. It's easy.

Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.

You have different sorts of people in life, so why should it be any different in football?

I'm comfortable in the locker room situation, so whatever.

Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way in sports. Why can't society use sports as a way to bring people together and create change?

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

There are so many fans and so many people who care deeply about this game, and it is because of these fans that we are who we are as cricketers.

Since I started in motor racing I've worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

No one is born hating others.

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

In the end, the great leveler in any sport is performance on the field or on the court. Kids don't care what language players speak or if they eat tacos, rice, or sauerkraut. They don't care if they're white, black, or brown.

As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.

There's no glory and no respect in making fun of the weak, the powerless.

Discrimination still exists. Some people feel that their own beliefs are being threatened. Some are unhappy about unfamiliar cultures. They all need to be reassured that there is so much to be gained by reaching out to others; that diversity is indeed a strength and not a threat.

We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.

Once you're on the field, you're playing. You're not worried about anything other than doing your job to help your team.

I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with difficulty. The boys used to make fun of him. They teased and taunted him until sometimes he would cry.

In sports, a team is surrounded with people with different backgrounds, with different races, and with different religions. In order to win, everybody comes together. I feels like that's what the U.S.A. represents. Everyone just has to come together in order to win.

As a band, we just don't tolerate any kind of abuse or intolerance of any kind of LGBT people by any kind of government.

A football team is really just a reflection of society. You've got 118, 120 guys on the team, you got a little bit of everything.

I think sports are meant to unite people.