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.

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.

I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my talents. But you've got to prove that I can't play this game. If you look at the film, clearly I can. So, I'll leave it at that.

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.

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.