Charles Barkley Quotes

Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.

I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

I think for far too long there was this perception, or I guess I would call it a misperception, that our locker rooms in the NFL are extremely homophobic, and that could not be further from the truth.

I've had friends of mine say, like, they're tired of 'gayface,' and I was like, 'What's gayface?' They were like, 'It's the gay version of blackface: like, come in and be more effeminate.'

In female sports, if you're gay, most likely your team knows it pretty quickly. It's very open and widely supported. For males, it's not that way at all. It's sad.

I can spot a homosexual at forty paces.

I feel like people are so eager and willing to accept the concept of females being bisexual and having it be a very natural thing, but as soon as a male proclaims himself as bisexual, we automatically dismiss it and say, 'No, he's just gay.'

There are plenty of sports teams that say they're very open and super accepting in the locker room. But are they really? Is it really a safe environment? Have they preset that environment to make these players feel comfortable for coming out? I don't think so because there's none out.

Homophobia in male sports is much stronger than in women's sports; the locker room environment is a lot different. It's going to be much more of a brave step, an earthshaking move, for a gay male athlete to come out.

Statistically, there have to be more gay men in rugby than we know about and I would hate for them to be going home from training and feeling depressed or feeling like they need to live a lie.

Gay people don't have a personality problem. They have a problem with small-minded motherfuckers who can't conquer a 1-inch high curb.

There's nothing wrong with being gay, so to deny it is to make a judgment.

If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with Let's Make a Deal.

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked.

This is a team of gay dudes, isn't it?" What gave it away? The pink shirts, or half our team drooling over you?

The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian.

The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we find them, allows for all the other great evils: racism, sexism, homophobia, violence against gay people and against women.

Am I proud of being straight? No. You know why? Because if I start acting proud, that's going to make me seem kind of gay.

Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong.

The pervasive idea is that if you're a man in the fashion industry, you're gay until proven otherwise. And of course there are lots of men who aren't. But people make certain assumptions.

Is [football] for everybody? Of course not. But it is a meaningful contribution beyond, I think, other alternatives.

I got rid of my teeth at a young age because I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them.

At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap.

Your working assumption, when you meet a homophobe, should be that they are gay.

We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with homosexuality. The orientation is a given, not a matter of choice. It would be crazy for someone to choose to be gay, given the homophobia that is present.