Bother Quote by Charles Barkley

I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play.

— Charles Barkley

I think it's... I don't want to become a social crusader on this issue, but I think sports, male sports, has traditionally not been…

— David Stern

I think people now - you know, a lot of athletes have come out and said, I would definitely accept, you know, a gay…

— Megan Rapinoe

Because it's so testosterone driven, it'd be really really difficult for a gay player to stand up and say 'hey, I'm gay and an…

— Jerome Bettis

The straight world has such double standards...only straight guys can be players.

— Anonymous

Every player has played with gay guys.

— Charles Barkley

Homophobia in male sports is much stronger than in women's sports; the locker room environment is a lot different. It's going to be much…

— Megan Rapinoe

Gay men are accepted in films, music and politics because people came out and broke the mould and stereotype in those industries. What I…

— Gareth Thomas

In female sports, if you're gay, most likely your team knows it pretty quickly. It's very open and widely supported. For males, it's not…

— Megan Rapinoe

I think there's a lot of gay women in sports, and it's widely known in the team; they can live a pretty open lifestyle…

— Megan Rapinoe

It's not my job to judge one of my athletes. Everybody is different. Some are the partying type, some are the studying type, some…

— Tom Izzo

I'd love to see an openly gay player, a really, really good gay player come out.

— Charles Barkley