Football, for me, was a place where I got accepted for being a good footballer. — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
If people have got a problem with me, say it to me. If you're going to hurt my feelings, I'm going to… — Adam Goodes Feelings Copy Share Image
You know obviously my stand on racism is that it's unacceptable and that we should always stand up to it. — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
Because women are more than the people who raise our children, they are fantastic leaders in their own rights in our community,… — Adam Goodes Children Copy Share Image
The best thing that I did was get myself out of an environment that was toxic to me and to my mental… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
If I'm only defined by my sport, I really have failed. Yes, I've opened myself up for more criticism, but I'm a… — Adam Goodes Criticism Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of confrontation. It doesn't have to be an argument. We all have a voice. And they are all worth… — Adam Goodes Argument Copy Share Image
Yeah you just have to be true to yourself, know where you come from, make sure that your relationships with family members… — Adam Goodes Connection Copy Share Image
By the end of my career I just really hated being out there on that field and being subjected to what was… — Adam Goodes Being Copy Share Image
Whenever I had been racially vilified before it had been by peers or drunk men. It's more shocking when it's a 13-year-old… — Adam Goodes Children Copy Share Image
I ask every Australian to think about what the constitutional exclusion says to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, to see our… — Adam Goodes Aboriginal Copy Share Image
I think any time people are recognised for standing up for what they believe in and the way that they do it… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
As a kid we moved around a fair bit as a family. It was difficult to make friends but sport helped. Once… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
You need to understand how you lead, and in my case it is through my actions and the way I bring others… — Adam Goodes Game Copy Share Image
The support of my mother has made such a difference in my life, sacrificing everything to make sure that we went to… — Adam Goodes Children Copy Share Image
For me it's about supporting our Indigenous kids and completing that whole journey: early childhood, primary school, high school, university and then… — Adam Goodes Childhood Copy Share Image
That's what I love about Australia: we can do things the way we want to do them, because that's the way our… — Adam Goodes Australia Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's my choice to do the lap. At the end of the day, it was my… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
I just figured that, for me to get the best out of myself and do the right thing by myself, I really… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
I don't think there's too many Aboriginal people out there who are successful that don't want to help make gains for our… — Adam Goodes Aboriginal Copy Share Image
So for me, you can't control the media, you have to work with media to get your message out there and you… — Adam Goodes Control Copy Share Image
I was very lucky to have fantastic leaders before me in Paul Kelly, Leo Barry, Brett Kirk, Craig Bolton, Mick O'Loughlin and… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
It's fun, and a laugh for you... you can boo me and feel happy about yourself because you're part of the crowd… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
There's nothing, today, that excites me, or that makes me think I would like to be back in AFL circles. I have… — Adam Goodes Circles Copy Share Image
I play over-35s soccer on the weekend to get my fix of running into people and crashing and bashing, and I still… — Adam Goodes Desire Copy Share Image
Growing up, I knew I was different. But I didn't know what it meant to be Aboriginal. I just knew that I… — Adam Goodes Aboriginal Copy Share Image
Yes, we do need better representation, but I'm a big believer that we also need to talk about the Uluru Statement of… — Adam Goodes Australia Copy Share Image
I've been visiting community centres and schools for 20-plus years and what I've seen is that kids are kids, they want to… — Adam Goodes Copy Share Image
What I've seen, and the reactions from 'The Final Quarter' and 'The Australian Dream', is that a lot more people are more… — Adam Goodes Australian Copy Share Image
The football field was a place where I could express myself and just be me. Play the game as well as you… — Adam Goodes Conversation Copy Share Image
I enrolled to do a TAFE course on Indigenous Studies, and over the next two-and-a-half years of my course I learned so… — Adam Goodes Country Copy Share Image
