But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are on. I'm just saying there's some famous people, and I'm not the only one.

The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot.

I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a college graduate, I'm African-American and I'm gay.

It has all happened so quickly, but it's exciting, I just wanna get back to playing football you know.

I wish you guys would just say, 'Michael Sam, how's the football going? How's training going?' But it is what it is. And I just wish you guys would see me as Michael Sam the football player instead of Michael Sam the gay football player.

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

I'm unemployed, and I don't believe I'm out of the NFL because I'm gay, but if it was a reason, it can hurt their livelihood, and you don't want to take that chance.