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

The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues.

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.

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

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.

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

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.