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Michael Sam Biography

Michael Alan Sam, Jr. (born January 7, 1990) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football for the University of Missouri and was drafted by the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft.

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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 hurt their livelihood, and you don't want to take that chance.

Believe, Gay, Hurt, Take, Unemployed

Thank God he wasn't the St. Louis Rams' coach. I have a lot of respect for Coach Dungy and like everyone in America, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

America, Coach, Entitled, Rams, Thank, Thank God

I wish you guys would just say, 'Michael Sam, how's the football going? How's training going?' But it is what it is. And I just wish you guys would see me as Michael Sam the football player instead of Michael Sam the gay football player.

Football, Gay, Instead, Michael, Player

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

Football, Gay, Player, Pride

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

Stories, Story, Truth, Want, Way

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

Being Yourself, Courage, Great Things, Happen, Happens, Things

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

Back, Exciting, Football, Happened, Wanna

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 college graduate, I'm African-American and I'm gay.

College, Gay, Sam, Tell, Who I Am

To anyone out there especially young people feeling like they don't fit in and will never be accepted, please know this, great things can happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

Accepted, Being Yourself, Courage, Inspirational, Please

I just want to know if I'm truly not in the NFL, it's because of talent. Let it be because of my talents. But you've got to prove that I can't play this game. If you look at the film, clearly I can. So, I'll leave it at that.

Film, Games, Gay, Know, Player, Prove

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

Come, Journey, Lesson, Rarely, Things In Life, Worthwhile Things

But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are on. I'm just saying there's some famous people, and I'm not the only one.

Gay, People, Player, Saying, Team, Teams

Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.

Athlete, Gay, Moving, Risky, Wrong

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

Gay, Mean, Orientation, Player, Players, Told