I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak.

You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.

Knowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps.

You can't be a part-time man of principle.

In a country like America, there are places, many states here still where coming out means you lose your job, where coming out means division, where it means potentially abuse.

I wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway.

I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be.

In my experience, it's only people who don't play sport at a professional level who think that there is anything remotely erotic about a locker room.

We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit.

I just wanted to fit in, so probably early on I knew, but it was... social life was such a distant part of my existence when I was in school that I didn't even think about it too much.

I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models.

We tend to be judged because of our actions.

A new universe is born whenever a new baby is born.

i am a woman and a poem. – visceral

We are all sinful. Trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others.

If a man could make the earth heaven to get you, could also make it hell for you if he couldn't get you.

Aim for the moon, but on your way don't forget to dance with the stars and shine as bright as the sun.

Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value.

It's a Samurai story [47 ronin], so if we change too much Japanese audiences will have strong against feelings to the film. It's not good.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

When I'm looking for a leader who's going to fight ISIS and keep America secure, I don't want some meek and mild leader or somebody who's going to turn the other cheek.