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25 Sep, 2015

Claims he would still be in NFL if hadn’t come out

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In an interview Patrick on the Dan Patrick Show, Sam talks about coming out.

I wanted to come out after I made an NFL roster, it really wasn’t supposed to be public. It was just supposed to be to the team, as I did at the University of Missouri. I wanted to be the one to tell my own story. I didn’t want someone telling it for me.dan pat

When Patrick asks Sam if coming out hurt his professional career:

I’m not going to say … but it probably would have been better for me if I didn’t come out, I would be on a roster. But, as I said, I have no regrets whatsoever.

Michael Sam on The Dan Patrick Show (Full Interview) 9/25/15

23 Dec, 2014

Oprah interview

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Sam gives an interview to Oprah and claims other gay players in the NFL have reached out to him.

Very few reached out to me and pretty much just told me their gratitude and how thankful they were that I had the courage (to come out publicly). They wished that they had the courage to come out.