Sports Inclusivity Quotes

That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.

I'd love to see an openly gay player, a really, really good gay player come out.

Bobsled is a universal sport, and most people don't know that. Anybody can slide down a hill.

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.

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

There are already gay players in the NFL and have been for a while.

I think it's... I don't want to become a social crusader on this issue, but I think sports, male sports, has traditionally not been an inviting environment for gay men to identify themselves. But eventually... we will get to a place where it is not an issue in sports.

It is said that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the fortitude to confront fear. And as long as homophobia continues to be an accepted element of the locker room culture and homophobic language a coach’s motivational tool, we can never dismiss the courage it takes for an athlete-on any level-to be openly gay. Bobby Blair may not be a household name, but his journey-from frightened collegiate athlete to empowered advocate-is one that has an important lesson for anyone who believes in the unifying power of sports.

Football clubs can be quite homophobic, both in the dressing room and in the stands. I want to show I'm an ally.

My dream is to see athletes also getting the same recognition, fame, success and money as cricketers, footballers and hockey players get in India.

The ESPYS are about appreciating moments in sports and not looking down on it because it's maybe not your favorite athlete or your favorite team.

Female goalkeepers are seen as equals in academies now. We're trying to set a good example for the younger boys so they're used to seeing us women around, making great saves and scoring great goals.

In soccer, female athletes across the world wear shoes that are not meant for us, our feet, or our game.

The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot.