Juan Pablo Galavis Quotes

I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that burger,' 'I love my shoes,' 'I love a friend.' To me, if it's overused, it loses meaning.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

Lake Taupo is on the north island of New Zealand and in the countryside. I absolutely fell in love with it.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

Gay and lesbian people, and the children they are raising, wrongfully face discrimination, and I want them to know that I'm on their side.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I'm responsible for what I say, but I'm not responsible about how people interpret my situation.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

You can meet somebody at a club. You can meet somebody at a restaurant. But maybe that person is not on the same page. Maybe that person is like, 'I'm starting out, I don't want to get married now.' Or, 'I don't want to have kids.'

- Juan Pablo Galavis

In Venezuela, which doesn't have thousands of prestige universities like the U.S., people usually stay at home while attending to college. After they graduate, they move for a job or get married.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I don't walk barefoot. When I see a girl barefoot in the street... I'm like, 'Really?' But obviously, I can't judge someone for that first impression.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I don't like Miami that much. I don't like the weather. My base is Miami, but I travel a lot.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

Marlins Park is what I call my office in Miami, because I work for the Venezuelan Museum of Baseball and Hall of Fame. My job is to go to all the MLB stadiums and to talk to and collect articles from all the Venezuelan players in the big leagues and those Americans that played in Venezuela.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I can be sarcastic.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

Obviously, my daughter's my priority, so if you want to have plans with me and then my daughter calls, then I'm going to have to go with her.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I would want to know if, at 15, if my daughter loves me the way she does right now. And if she's proud of me, just because I want to be a good example for her, and seeing her grow and how much she loves Daddy saying 'Daddy, te quiero mucho,' which means 'I like you a lot,' those are the things that melt my heart.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also be happy parents?

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I would never disrespect anyone.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

There's a stigma on the word 'therapy.' People relate it to big problems. That's something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force love, you don't force falling in love, you don't force being in love - you just become. I don't know how to say that in English, but you just feel it.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

Everyone knows English is my second language and my vocabulary is not as broad as it is in Spanish, and because of this, sometimes I use the wrong words to express myself.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.'

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I'm not a bad guy. People who know me know who I am.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I can be a little bit stubborn.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I'm very happy. I'm a happy guy; I'm always happy.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

We were created to be woman and man and make kids.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

You have to respect everybody's desires and way of living.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I love dancing.

- Juan Pablo Galavis

I know gay parents, and I support them and their families. They are good parents and loving families.

- Juan Pablo Galavis