I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models. John Amaechi More Quotes by John Amaechi More Quotes From 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 gestation-periodelephantsyears I would just never want to have someone come out for the greater good who was a celebrity and then find them slipping into like Lohanville with alcohol or drugs or something else just because they couldn't cope. John Amaechi drugalcoholwant I just wanted to fit in, so probably early on I knew, but it was... social life was such a distant part of my existence when I was in school that I didn't even think about it too much. John Amaechi too-muchschoolthinking 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 your school the last thing you're worried about is sex. John Amaechi growing-upsexschool 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 kissinggirlknows In the NBA you need a little bit more than that when Jordan is front of you. You need a little bit more than that when it is Barkley or Karl Malone or Shaq or whoever else. You need a lot more than that frankly if you're the English kid who can't jump. John Amaechi nbakidsneeds We need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit. John Amaechi averagepeopleneeds I'm a nerd. I like to sit in the library. I don't like to sweat. John Amaechi librarynerdsweat The coverage of some of the most remarkable female athletes out there, some of the most remarkable women in sports, it's nonexistent in comparison to the coverage of mediocre men. John Amaechi world
