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John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi, OBE is an English retired basketball player who currently works as an educator and broadcaster in Europe and the United States.

In February 2007, after his retirement from the NBA, Amaechi became the first former NBA player to come out publicly after doing so in his memoir Man in the Middle. Since then he has been regarded as "one of the world's most high-profile gay athletes".

✵ 26. November 1970
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John Amaechi Quotes

“You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.”

John Amaechi

in a speech to students at Phillips Exeter Academy, 2007

“I consider myself a pretty rounded guy. I've done pretty elite things in business, sport and academics and all of a sudden I woke up one morning and I'm a 'big, black, British, gay guy.”

John Amaechi

That was frustrating at times
Commenting on people's reactions to him coming out.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6903211.stm

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