Quotes About Admiration

I was always looking at footage of dancers from Nicholas Brothers to Ralph Brown to Sand Man to Miller Brothers and Lois, and I grew up looking at old footage.

Ram Sampath is a genius.

My mom made me a Shawn Michaels costume when I was a kid. I wore it every day and ran around the house dancing like him.

Children ran up to me shouting, 'Columbo!' At first, it gave me great pleasure, but later, I said to myself that those children should have had their own heroes instead of admiring a cop from Los Angeles.

As for Madonna, I always used to laugh at her running. And now I run! I get why she always ran. I wish I'd run when she did.

We were in New York, and we were performing at a morning show. This fan literally ran from that studio in the middle of New York City to our airport, which was very far away. That fan ran all the way there to see us, and we were so in awe of that guy.

Ronaldo, the Brazilian one - incredible player. I met him once. I was in Ibiza on holiday and quite by chance ran into him in a club. He's the only man I'd go up to and ask for a picture. And I did.

In college, I loved Darren McFadden. Just the way he ran the ball.

Zizou was very good to me as he was a professional, and I did everything for him; I ran, I fought, I played injured. Practically, I gave everything for Zidane.

I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

I love 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero.

All of us growing up, if you're a professional player or a college player, you're molding your game after guys. You see guys, you see things guys do. Like Randy Moss, I'm a Randy Moss guy.

I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.

My inspirations were 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Andre the Giant. It was easy to understand their character.

It's an honor to fight someone like Randy Couture.

The way I go to watch The Rock in 'Fast and Furious', I want people to come and watch me.

I'm gaga over Richard Jenkins.

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

I feel that I've worked so hard to gain the respect of the fans and my co-workers.

I think as competitors, that's why we get into this, to gain respect from the guys who have played the game, and you walk away and they say, 'He was a tough cover - that dude was nice.'

I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.

I am a Gandhian and a big fan of late Rajiv Gandhi.

Gang Starr was like the blueprint of my career.

Gary Ross is amazing.