23 Quotes by John Amaechi

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

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

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

In the NBA you need a little bit more than that when Jordan is front of you. You need a little bit more than that when it is Barkley or Karl Malone or Shaq or whoever else. You need a lot more than that frankly if you’re the English kid who can’t jump.

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

I suppose I knew I was gay at age 11 or so.

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 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.