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Michael Sam

Researcher

30 quotes in 161 categories

Michael Sam is a researcher, best known for Automatic conditional release.

Quick Facts About Michael Sam

Profession: Researcher
Notable works: Automatic conditional release

About Michael Sam

Michael Alan Sam Jr. is an American former professional football defensive lineman who is a coach for the Berlin Thunder in the American Football League Europe. Sam played college football for the Missouri Tigers and was selected by the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft. He played one game for the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Michael Sam

I wish you guys would just say, 'Michael Sam, how's the football going? How's training going?' But it is what it is.…

Ball player

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I needed football - it was just something to do, an excuse to not be at home.

Football

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If I want to kiss my boyfriend, I'm gonna kiss him. If they want to film it, that's their problem. Don't be…

I love

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My family was very notorious in the town that we lived in. Everyone would say, 'There goes those damn Sams.' I didn't…

Adversity

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I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my…

Film

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It has all happened so quickly, but it's exciting, I just wanna get back to playing football you know.

Exciting

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I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to…

Inspirational

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I'm Michael Sam, I'm a football player, and I'm gay.

Ball player

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The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot.

Gay

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Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going…

Athlete

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I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam: I'm a college graduate. I'm African American, and I'm…

African american

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Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

Being yourself

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I am an openly proud gay man.

Am

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The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues.

Easy

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A straight person doesn't have to go in the media and tell them that they're straight, and I don't think a gay…

Gay

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To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great…

Acceptance

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There will always be haters. Small heroes can change society every day. It just takes time.

Change

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I'm unemployed, and I don't believe I'm out of the NFL because I'm gay, but if it was a reason, it can…

Believe

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I sing because it takes, for a brief second, it takes a little from my past, and just in that moment, I'm…

Happy

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I knew from a young age that I was attracted to guys. I didn't know if it was a phase... I didn't…

Age

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Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams' coach. I have a lot of respect for Coach Dungy and like everyone in…

America

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I'm not afraid of who I am. I'm not afraid to tell the world who I am. I'm Michael Sam, I'm a…

African american

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When I'm on the field, I really don't focus on fans. I just focus on my responsibility, which is the guy right…

Fans

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To see hundreds of people come out in the cold at the University of Missouri to block a few so-called Christians who…

Christianity

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I didn't even dream of going to college. College was not in my definition. If somebody told me I was going to…

College

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