Tony Finau Quotes

I wanted to represent for Polynesians, and that was always my goal, because not everyone knows about us, and I just want to represent for them.

It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community.

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.

I was the only one at stage school who wasn't white.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.

There are all kinds of under-represented groups in the literary establishment.

I would like to see more films being made with people of color behind the camera and in front of the camera, because the more times at bat we have, the better we get.

I know I'm representing the Library of Congress, all the people of the United States and, of course, the Latinos and Latinas as well.

There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.

... currently Latinos are 63% of all babies born in Los Angeles, White is 17%, Black and Asian combined are 21%. In other words, 84% of all births in Los Angeles, are not white. Hollywood please take note.

I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood and henna. That's all great! It's what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music. I love henna; I love dancing, but that's not all we are.

You cannot collectively, as a society, decide that you are only going to represent one part of a minority. It's like saying you've represented black people on television because you aired an episode of the 'Cosbys.'

I'm really passionate about representation in film. I feel like the world is dominated by such a small group of human beings. There are so many different kinds of people that aren't represented, that don't have characters who look like them.

I want to represent all the Latin people. I want to do this for the rest of my life.

I am Chinese. I speak fluent Mandarin. And I go, 'Man, it's about time a Chinese person could step up to a Hollywood screen, and international screen, and help save the world.'

I think the Olympics are a time for the world to come together and put aside differences, but we're also coming to represent ourselves, our communities, and our countries, so I think it's important to stand up and be a voice.

I play to bring honor to India's name abroad, and I feel very proud when I am beating up white wrestlers.

I want to be that Latin girl doing big things around the world.

You know, it helps having an African American driver behind the wheel. I'm representing that culture and that background. But a lot of background pressure, I don't really put that on me. I know I have enough pressure to go out and perform every week.

I'd much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of course I'm proud of my race, but I don't want to be thinking about it all the time.

I know that, me being from Sudan and London, it's a big honour to have even made it to the NBA.

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.