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

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

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

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.

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.

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.