Am Arabisch / Arab Bewusst / Conscious Dein ganzes Leben / All Your Life Empfindlich / Sensitive Ich bin / I Am Ihre / Your Irakisch / Iraqi Kennt / Know Leben / Life Politik / Politics Sehr / Very Sie / You Weil / Because Ziemlich / Quite
Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.
To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano in order to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on his or her right to self-definition. I'm a Chicano because I say I am.
For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly.
Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.
I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.
I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?
I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.