23 Quotes by John Amaechi

I’d probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

I thought kissing was good with girls, but I always thought you know it probably could be better, so there was nothing really...

I think there is unnecessary conflict right now between the vehemently religious and the LGBT community. The extremes of religion I think and the LGBT community have an issue and because a lot of black families in America are more religious, I think that is where the conflict comes into play.

I grew up thinking the best job in the world would be a Jedi and being a psychologist is the closest thing I could get, so I wanted to be a Jedi and I don’t want to be a Sith, so that is what keeps me on the straight and narrow.

I would just never want to have someone come out for the greater good who was a celebrity and then find them slipping into like Lohanville with alcohol or drugs or something else just because they couldn’t cope.

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.

I’m a nerd. I like to sit in the library. I don’t like to sweat.

I don’t need to think that I’m being loomed over my shoulder in order to behave in a way that’s moral.

There are some people the gestation period is like an elephant’s and it’s just years and years before they’re ready.