Futbolista Quotes

“That my love for football isn’t determined by how good I am? I … I’m as good as I am because of the love I’ve got for it. Because I’ve found so much of myself on the pitch. I realized that to give up would be to give up part of myself, and my dreams.”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista

“For sure. I mean, my eyes are first going to the soccer-guy legs, because someone here appreciates what you’re doing for the thick-thigh, short-shorts cause”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista

“Exactly. And I know that it wouldn’t be a one-for-one comparison; everyone’s life and experiences are different. But what I’m trying to get at is if—and I’m not saying there is, so please don’t assume I’m assuming—if there’s something that’s been going on in your life that makes you feel like the odd one out, maybe even uncomfortable or unsafe or like you can’t talk to someone on your team about it, or even your roommates, you can talk to me, alright? And it can stay between us.”
“Oh, I’m not nonbinary, Kat.”
They suck in their lips and close their eyes, letting out a breath through their nose. Even with their mouth like that, I can see how they’re having a hard time forcing down a smile as they shake their head. “I realize that, Gabo. I—there can be more than one thing in the container of things that makes someone a potential target for ostracization.”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista

“For the briefest span of time, seeing him on top of me, realizing, Wow, there are two naked guys in this room, there’s twice as many dicks, twice as much foreskin as I’m used to in moments like this, I get a little panicky. Nervous. There’s a How did I end up here? that turns quickly into Why did I wait so long to end up here? An excitement and a long list of wants replaces that panic and those nerves.”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista

“Cool. Vamonos,” Pérez says as he lets me go. “Oh, but first, should we get a group a huevo on three for the culture? For the they/thems and the bisexuals and the guys who love them?”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista

“Now that we’re here, I’d take a hundred more scars if it meant Vale crying one less tear.”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista

“Philosophy’s the last thing I want to think about right now, but if my bisexuality is so much of the world waiting for me outside the cave I’ve been locked away in. His lips are the sun … Vale is the sun.”
― Jonny Garza Villa, Futbolista