John Amaechi

There was certainly nothing really sexual about my youth growing up, simply because the fact remains if you're the fat kid in…

— John Amaechi

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

I suppose I knew I was gay at age 11 or so.

— John Amaechi

I always think coming out is something that you do for people who really deserve it. It should be.

— John Amaechi

I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

— John Amaechi

I grew up thinking the best job in the world would be a Jedi and being a psychologist is the closest thing…

— John Amaechi

I think that we ill-prepare athletes from the very beginning. From the moment they pick up a ball or kick or whatever…

— John Amaechi

In the NBA you need a little bit more than that when Jordan is front of you. You need a little bit…

— John Amaechi

We need to get past the point where being black and a male means that I am likely to mug you for…

— John Amaechi

I thought kissing was good with girls, but I always thought you know it probably could be better, so there was nothing…

— John Amaechi

I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models.

— John Amaechi

I just wanted to fit in, so probably early on I knew, but it was... social life was such a distant part…

— John Amaechi

In a country like America, there are places, many states here still where coming out means you lose your job, where coming…

— John Amaechi

My particular interest area is working in issues of emotional literacy. What I see of the way that we educate boys and…

— John Amaechi

In my experience, it's only people who don't play sport at a professional level who think that there is anything remotely erotic…

— John Amaechi

I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity.…

— John Amaechi

I think there is unnecessary conflict right now between the vehemently religious and the LGBT community. The extremes of religion I think…

— John Amaechi

We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are…

— John Amaechi

There are some people the gestation period is like an elephant's and it's just years and years before they're ready.

— John Amaechi

You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.

— John Amaechi

I was a man who played basketball and after I played basketball and before I played basketball I was going to be…

— John Amaechi

Knowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps.

— John Amaechi

Combining the lack of emotional literacy they may be imbued with, with the fact that if you're black you're not supposed to…

— John Amaechi

You can't be a part-time man of principle.

— John Amaechi

I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a…

— John Amaechi