Chris Kluwe famous quotes

Never be afraid to do what's right. If no one ever says anything, nothing ever changes.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Say Anything #Nothing Ever Changes

There's lots of people my age (and younger) that have grown up in chaotic environments and I just happen to be one of the first ones to make it to pro sports. It's more a societal thing than an athletics thing.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Sports #People #Age

I first started using the internet back when a 14.4 modem was considered fast. I think I was about 11 or 12, and it fascinated me that you could look at all these different things on your computer.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Thinking #Different #Looks

I normally don't initiate conversations with guys unless they want to talk about certain things - when I'm at the facility, I'm there to play football. If you want to talk about the meaning of life, games, whatever, I'm more than happy to, but when I'm in that building, I'm being paid to play football. Conversely, when I'm not at the facility, that's my life to live.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Football #Games #Play

Well, if you count my phone as an access point (which I do), I'm pretty much constantly online unless I'm at an event or practice or something.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Phones #Practice #Events

I was playing video games LONG before I ever thought about playing football. If it wasn't for my parents making sure that I got outside every now and then as a child, I probably would've pursued some sort of tech path.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Football #Children #Games

I would like people to pay attention to the idea of rational empathy, and that as a society, we are walking down a path that's well-trodden throughout history.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Ideas #People #Empathy

Every single human civilization has failed over time, and my belief is that it's due to a lack of rational empathy, of understanding that if you don't have equality in your society, the conflicts you breed (whether internally or externally) will eventually cause its collapse.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Civilization #Empathy #Understanding

In an ideal world, entertainment would be regarded as what it is - entertainment - and wouldn't be valued more heavily than education, than science, than environmental awareness.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Environmental #Would Be #World

To deny an entire group of people the ability to be legal couples is anti-American and anti-freedom. As a devoted husband and father of two, I can't imagine the state of Minnesota not recognizing my love for my wife Isabelle. We would welcome and respect the equal rights for gays to experience the same joy and privileges of marriage that we do.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Couple #Husband #Father

I Was An NFL Player Until I was Fired By Two Cowards and a Bigot,
-- Chris Kluwe

#Player #Nfl #Two

People, please remember that I choose my words very carefully. Assumptions are your enemy.
-- Chris Kluwe

#People #Enemy #Assumption

One of the main coaching points I've heard throughout my entire life is, 'How you respond to difficult situations defines your character,' and I think it's a good saying. I also think it applies to more than just the players.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Character #Thinking #Player

Think of a single word. We'll use soul as our example. How do you define soul? Is it the same definition I use? Can it ever be it? My soul is not your soul. Our souls, our definitions, are shaped by the singular and cumulative experiences in our lives, the emotional weight we attach to a concept forever locked in the space behind our own eyes.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Eye #Emotional #Thinking

This is more a personal quibble of mine, but why do you hate freedom? Why do you hate the fact that other people want a chance to live their lives and be happy, even though they may believe in something different than you, or act different than you? How does gay marriage, in any way shape or form, affect your life?
-- Chris Kluwe

#Hate #Believe #Gay

When people - everyday people who watch the coverage on CNN of Anita Sarkeesian having to cancel a speaking engagement due to death threats - think of “gamers,” they are going to think of you, and that irritates me. It enrages me. I want to punch down a wall, and I like my walls. They're nicely painted.
-- Chris Kluwe

#Wall #Thinking #Cnn