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

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'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.

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.

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

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

I think that we ill-prepare athletes from the very beginning. From the moment they pick up a ball or kick or whatever it is they're doing. We ill-prepare them. Especially with the major sports. What you see is this cycle of entitlement that gets thrown their way, so the kid who is in junior high and hasn't finished his test, but still gets to play because he is an athlete, fails the test and still gets to play because they're an athlete, gets to get away with not doing chores at home because they've got practice.