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It is kind of grandiose, isn`t it? I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly. My parents are from Panama, and so there`s a primary AND a secondary stress on my first name, Jaime, so it sounds like HIGH-MAY. And my middle name is actually Augusto (Ah-GOOS-toe), so that`s tough too. The funny thing is, I have so many nicknames that no one calls me by my given name anyway. Still, I have thought about changing it just to Jay Richards. - Jay in an interview with EW. (regarding his given name)

- J. August Richards

After all these years I had the privilege of naming my private part, cause we have nicknames. So I named my private part pride... it`s not much but at least I have my pride.

- Jay London

(Nicknames: Augie, Tiger Woods . Quick-leaping gazelle of a big man sparks team-wide mirth with confusion about his race.) When I came here I didn`t know what he was. People will ask: Is James black? Is he Asian? ... But then you see his parents and know he`s white. We joke about it and call him Tiger Woods.

- Angela McArdle