In the stands, I've always heard the people yelling. When I'm in the community, when I get approached, I can honestly say I've not had anybody say stop kneeling in public. It's all been supportive.
Everywhere I go, people embrace me and treat me like a national hero. The people in the streets are asking for the return of the military. They ask, 'When are you coming back?'
You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.
Supporting black professional athletes was taken seriously in my home.
Even legal documents are of little value if there is not behind them the force of public opinion and public approval.
Obviously one would hope one would have as much support as possible from all walks of life, i am a great fan of Elizabeth and as for what people do and why they don't do it, I am not going to speculate.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Just to know that the people in my city are really rocking with me, I just love it.
It's amazing, especially coming from the small city of Paterson, to have all of those people just being behind you and supporting your career and understanding where you come from.
I'm talking about personal stuff so I think people are on my side.
Once you have the support of the lads around you, you can't ask for any more.
It's a good feeling to have people support you.
I'm actually a big supporter of the majority of the guys from The Nexus.
As an 18-year-old, I would have needed an agent or a family to push me in the right direction. I would have liked that.
I still enjoy a lot of support from the black community.
... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people.
There are so many people supporting me and so many good people on my side.
My demographic of people have been very supportive.
My parents and my brother root for me.
It always helps when the nation is behind you.
I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
One has to understand that what I really need the most is the support of my people.
The lucky thing was that I was Italian; when the other Italians saw me fight back, they came to my defence.
I'm grateful for the support I'm receiving from the people of Hawaii.
Everyone likes to have people who support you in tough moments.
