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Account be a winning culture or a losing culture. for me, as i told andrea cramer in that interview as long as he can play, i'm okay with it. >> what about the locker room culture might make it difficult for a gay athlete or a michael sam? >> well the culture in the locker room, i don't think would make it difficult for a guy like michael sam. again, michael sam, you can tell is comfortable and confident in himself and a very good football player. there is nothing for him to be worried about. he is going to step in and he's going to play football. he's going to be a football player. that's wha...

Experienced this before. this is all new to everybody. >> let's just take you, too, you played ten years, there are 53 players on a team and showered with literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of men. >> yes. >> you think none of them have been gay? >> you know, that's a funny thing about it. i look back at my transcript when i was interviewed by andrea cramer and she said that, she said you don't think anyone is gay? of course, odds are 2% or 5% of the locker room is gay. do you think they are look at you? i don't think i'm that good looking, so i don't think they are looking at me. bu...

So it's not as simple as anyone saying, well there's nothing wrong with it. i don't see anything wrong with it. you have other players that may and other players that may not. i don't know and the players don't know. this is the first time you have a michael sam who will -- by all accounts be drafted, openly gay, coming to a locker room. knowing in the nfl for the past however many years has experienced this before. this is all new to everybody. >> let's just take you, too, you played ten years, there are 53 players on a team and showered with literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of me...

That context. >> you say as far as you know -- >> no, as i said, that was a very poor example. that was a poor example on my part which i'm glad i'm able to clarify that. that's a poor example of me trying to show the bigger picture which is the dynamics of the locker room. we're there 12, 13 hours a day and we're around us, men, guys, straight, gay, religious or nonreligious, whatever is it. there is a culture that gets developed. account be a winning culture or a losing culture. for me, as i told andrea cramer in that interview as long as he can play, i'm okay with it. >> what about the lock...

0 we speak to one player who says it will not work and expresses fears over gays in the locker room. and what hillary clinton thought of monica lewinsky. the first lady and the other women, including the one she called a narcissistic looney tune. and kids love giraffes. the question is what on earth convinced this zoo to think kids would love to see this giraffe shot and cut up and fed to lions. we begin tonight with ten words that could change the face of pro football. >> i'm michael sam. i'm a football player. and i'm gay. >> that is missouri all american defensive end michael sam speaki...