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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.