Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

I remember seeing people who I thought were so confident and exuberant. I remember being young and watching Oprah and being like, 'Damn. That lady is so confident. She can talk to anybody.' ”

I would absolutely not go out of my way to meet somebody who I felt has gone out of their way to not only show that they aren't a friend of a gay person but that they think that they're sick. ”

It bothers me so much that people have gone out of their way to make trans people feel less than. ”

I can't tone it down. I'm being me and being myself. ”

I remember when I told my mom that I wanted to come out, and my mom was a little hesitant. She was saying, 'Are you sure? Do you think that might affect your scores?' or, 'Is it something that you think that you need to do?' And I told her, 'I don't care. It's important to me.' ”

I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them. ”

I'm able to go out there, and I'm really able to be, like, unabashedly myself. And I want somebody who's young, who's struggling, who's not sure if it's OK if they are themselves to know that it's OK. ”

It's 2018, and being an openly gay man and an athlete, that is part of the face of America now. ”

Given this platform of being an Olympic athlete, I think it's really important that we stand up for what we believe in, and we speak out against things that we think are wrong and injust. ”

Athletes are given a really special platform. It's our duty, as athletes, to be role models. ”