There was certainly nothing really sexual about my youth growing up, simply because the fact remains if you're the fat kid in a school and I was the only fat black kid in the school - in fact, I was the only black kid in the school - but if you are kind of ostracized on many different levels in… — John Amaechi Copy Share
I don't need to think that I'm being loomed over my shoulder in order to behave in a way that's moral. — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be. — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note. — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking the best job in the world would be a Jedi and being a psychologist is the closest thing I could… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I think that we ill-prepare athletes from the very beginning. From the moment they pick up a ball or kick or whatever it is they're doing. We ill-prepare them. Especially with the major sports. What you see is this cycle of entitlement that gets thrown their way, so the kid who is in junior high and hasn't finished his test,… — John Amaechi Copy Share
In the NBA you need a little bit more than that when Jordan is front of you. You need a little bit more than… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
We need to get past the point where being black and a male means that I am likely to mug you for your wallet,… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I thought kissing was good with girls, but I always thought you know it probably could be better, so there was nothing really. — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models. — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
I just wanted to fit in, so probably early on I knew, but it was... social life was such a distant part of my… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
