Derek

Gareth Thomas

"My parents, my family and my friends all love me and accept me for who I am, and even if the public are upset by [my coming out], I know the love of those people who mean the most to me will never change. I'm not going on a crusade, but I'm proud of who I am. I feel I have achieved everything I could ever possibly have hoped to achieve out of rugby, and I did it being gay. I want to send a positive message to other gay people that they can do it, too."  —Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas

Alan Gregory