Tom Daley Quotes

I'm so proud that now you can exist as a gay man and be an Olympian, and it can be beneficial rather than negative. So it's amazing. And I just think I feel so liberated now that I've been out of the closet for a while, and so I'm free in that I just get to be myself, speak freely, act freely, and I think that I am competing confidently.

If I turned around every time somebody called me a faggot, I'd be walking backward - and I don't want to walk backward.

It's very nice to be able to be who you are.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

We should give people the freedom to express who they are.

I want to show the world that if you want to be a bearded lady you are allowed to do it without being discriminated against.

I think coming out, for me, is really about tearing down the prison wall.

I get to decide how my body shows up in any space. When I'm walking into a place like the Globes, I want to make it very clear that how I show up is to further the freedom of everybody.

Let each person have a chance to be who he or she wants to be. Only then can we be considered a truly liberated nation.

We're allowed to be ourselves.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.

You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do.

I am who I am.

I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can?

I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.

Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about.