Louganis Greg Quotes & Sayings

I very much hope that when my wife reads my writings so she reads it as if she is a character and not the real one. Sometimes she takes it too personally. — Sayed Kashua

There's a better way to speak out against President Putin and call out his bigotry for exactly what it is: speaking up for equal rights and educating people around the world about the persistence of homophobia. Rather than boycott, I, along with several amazing organizations including Athlete Ally and All Out, plan to use the Sochi Games as a teachable moment for the world. — Greg Louganis

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality. — Greg Louganis

Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team. — Greg Louganis

If we are to avoid catastrophe, the Muslim and Western worlds must learn not merely to tolerate but to appreciate one another. A good place to start is with the figure of Muhammad: a complex man, who resists facile, ideologically-driven categorization, who sometimes did things that were difficult or impossible for us to accept, but who had profound genius and founded a religion and cultural tradition that was not based on the sword but whose name - "Islam" - signified peace and reconciliation. — Karen Armstrong

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself. — C. JoyBell C.

I don't know. I have no idea who I'm supposed to be anymore. I only know I don't want to be who someone else thinks I should be. — C.J. Roberts

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike. — Jehane Noujaim

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it. — Greg Louganis

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do. — Greg Louganis

I like dogs better [than people]. They give you unconditional love. They either lick your face or bite you, but you always know where they're coming from. With people, you never know which ones will bite. The difference between dogs and men is that you know where dogs sleep at night. — Greg Louganis

To me, peanut butter is the breakfast of champions! — Greg Louganis

I grew up around horses, but acting and riding on camera is a whole different thing. — Emilia Clarke

It was declared by Congress that marijuana makes people insane. But ... lawyers, defense lawyers, got the idea, OK, I can use this for an insanity defense. — Noam Chomsky

People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward. — Greg Louganis

When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can really destroy your self-esteem. But sports can be great for building self-esteem. — Greg Louganis

One of my dogs is in the movie Beethoven's 2nd. — Greg Louganis

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. — Greg Louganis

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles. — Greg Louganis

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life. — Oprah Winfrey

It's great to be out and proud. — Greg Louganis

Unmitigated Blackness is coming to the realization that as fucked up and meaningless as it all is, sometimes it's the nihilism that makes life worth living. — Paul Beatty

I am never going to please all 100 million people who read the book. I'll be lucky if half that number are happy with me playing Christian Grey. I know there are campaigns of hate against me already. — Jamie Dornan

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards. — Greg Louganis

If Washington were President now, he would have to learn our ways or lose his next election. Only fools and theorists imagine that our society can be handled with gloves or long poles. One must make one's self a part of it. If virtue won't answer our purpose, we must use vice, or our opponents will put us out of office, and this was as true in Washington's day as it is now, and always will be. — Henry Adams

There is always someone there to lend a hand. — Greg Louganis

I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama. — Greg Louganis

Justice is the armed defense of innocent liberty. — Wolf DeVoon

I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy. — Greg Louganis

Peak performance is meditation in motion. — Greg Louganis

Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it's doing. — Peter Lynch

If you do what everyone else does, you'll wind up having what everyone else has. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't. — Greg Louganis

It terrifies me, the fragility of these moments in our lives. — William Boyd