I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to own my truth.

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

I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to own my truth.

I'm Michael Sam, I'm a football player, and I'm gay.

To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams' coach. I have a lot of respect for Coach Dungy and like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

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