I know that I'm Muslim. I have an Arabic name. And even though I represent Team USA and I have that Olympic hardware, it doesn't change how you look and how people perceive you.

It's important to me that youth everywhere, no matter their race, religion, or gender, know that anything is possible with perseverance.

I'm one of those people who feels like I have to be strong for those people who may not be able to find that strength. I feel like I have to speak up for those people whose voices go unheard.

There will always be people who challenge the idea that you belong, but it's important to work hard, to focus on yourself, and prove that you belong in this space of high-level athletics.

Even if we're facing bigotry or racism, we can still be successful.

I think that when we stand in solidarity, we'll be stronger.

I think that we will come out on top as women, as people of color, as Muslims, as transgender people, as people who are part of the disabled community - I think that we'll come out on top.

I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically.

Each time he came he would twist my defenceless body into a different pose, as if I were his very own doll

I wished for impossible things. It was never going to have been a fairy tale for us. There are no fairy tales about two princesses.

It must be great to spend time in a spot and if you walk away, it’s so much better than before because of something you did.

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.

[Donald Trump] tried to switch from looks to stamina. But this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs, and someone who has said pregnancy is an inconvenience to employers.

The night I was born, Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red.

Dhoni backed Jadeja to play aggressively and backed Ishant to bowl short. I have not seen a better Indian captain than him.

All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal.

A philosopher always finds more grass to feed upon in the valleys of stupidity than on the arid heights of intelligence.

In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of Communism. We shall never turn off that road.