Quotes About Admiration

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

Honestly, I hated Dirk growing up. As I got older and wiser, obviously I was really able to appreciate his greatness as I learned the game of basketball.

Dan Levy came to see my play, and I had dinner with him. He's a gem. He's the wisest, kindest, funniest person, and I didn't want it to end.

He means as much as Roberto Clemente does to Latin people. Thank God I had the opportunity to know him. I wish my kids had the opportunity to be around him, because that's how I want my kids to live their lives. I want them to be like Stan Musial. Not the baseball player. The person. That's the respect I have for that man.

There's something about 'Strictly Come Dancing.' Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It's lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there's nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism.

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had.

There's not much you can complain about - you're a Major League Baseball player; you're getting paid to play a game. People want to be you, wish they could do what you do. There are some complaints here and there, but there really aren't any significant ones.

Sometimes when I walk into a gallery and I see someone's work, I think to myself, 'Gee, I wish I had done that.'

Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'

Hrithik Roshan is my idol both onscreen as well as off screen. I wish that I could become just 50 percent like him.

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it's such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it's therapeutic.

Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.

There was a lot of Pac haters, but I definitely love Pac. I wish I got to do a song with him.

People say I'm the white Aretha Franklin. I wish I was her.

I am a great fan of Rituparno's films and have always nurtured a wish of acting in his films. I was very impressed with his 'Chokher Bali,' 'Bariwali,' and 'Raincoat.'

On my wish list, a guy I would have loved to work with in our prime would have been Shawn Michaels.

I think I always wished I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.

It was a difficult decision to say no twice to Barcelona. It was never a secret that I have admired them since I was a kid and that I always wished I could play for Barcelona. But life is made of hard decisions that sometimes go against what you dream of.

I always wished I had a chance to meet an NFL player or even a college player when I was growing up in Los Angeles.

Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.

When I'm done, I want to be known as the fighter that everybody wishes they could've seen live.

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.

The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.