I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

To win MVP was a dream come true for sure, but there are guys who have done this multiple times.

I don’t believe I’ll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn’t go to Harvard.

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life – or at least the way life should be.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

I’m a health nut, but when I eat, I go hard. I’m a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I’ll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.

A lot was accomplished in my mixtape career. But I still needed a few things: I needed to be recognized. I need to have radio. I need to have a real retail machine that can get us where we need to get that.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

If I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.

All I can do is try to create my own brand and have people appreciate me for that.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

I knew no one who’d ever been in the public eye.

In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ‚Jackie Who?‘.

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

If anyone remembers me, it’s about my hard work.

I wanna thank MTV and the VMAs for choosing me to be a part of the show because, on this show, if you not an icon or upcomin‘ icon, you’re not on the show, you know?

It’s cool to be recognised by your peers.

I want to support other women because of the opportunities I’ve had – and I’ve had a lot of opportunities. What I try as a female director is to do the best job I can and, in the meantime, bring attention to as many other female directors and writers as I can.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

I want to go down in the history books with what I’ve achieved.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

Among physicists, I’m respected I hope.

This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don’t know at all can just be like, ‚Oh my God – are you Billie?‘

The last thing you want is to not be recognized for all of the hard work you put in.

You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.

You know, I’m just 6’9 and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.“

One reason I don’t want to play in England again is because we don’t have any personalities.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

I was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.

Applause waits on success.

I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I’m not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.

I’m just glad I play for Coach Belichick.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

I meet young people who know me and are familiar with my stuff. They know the package. They might have cherry-picked five or six key tunes. That’s how it seems to work. I sometimes wonder if they realise they are not getting the whole context.