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Quotes About Admiration

There are tons of actors and actresses I admire. But I really admire Jennifer Lawrence because she has won awards and made so many great movies, and she still seems so down-to-earth and funny.
~ Isabela Moner
I would want to change my name to Sachin Tendulkar if I could do it. He has tons of records; I am not even close to him. He is called as the 'God,' and who would not want to be a God in this mortal world?
~ Virender Sehwag
I'm a big fan of other guitar players, Duane Allman and tons of them, but I don't really love totally guitar-specific albums.
~ Derek Trucks
I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.
~ Eric Davis
Growing up as a kid, I watched Jeremy Shockey... Tony Gonzalez... Antonio Gates. I looked up to them. I watched what they did to be successful.
~ Rob Gronkowski
I'm always a little starstruck anyway. So to work with a movie star, which is Brad, I was excited about that; to work with a movie legend, which is Tony, I wouldn't have passed that up. Just to get to watch him and watch how he works.
~ Marcia Gay Harden
I used to imagine what it would be like to do what Jim Brown was doing. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Tony Dorsett. I used to imagine what it would be like to be like a Walter Payton. I was imagining Emmitt Smith doing exactly what they were doing.
~ Emmitt Smith
From 1975-'79, I worked for PGA professional Tony Bruno. For five years I watched, lost in admiration, as Tony ran the golf shop at Battleground Country Club in Manalapan, N.J. Tony put in 80-hour weeks doing what nearly 29,000 men and women club pros do every day: Keeping the game alive with a smile.
~ Jim Nantz
Can you imagine, just talking and chatting with Tony Leung? I got to ask all my fan girl questions.
~ Fala Chen
Tony Orlando is one of the nicest guys I have ever met - bar none - in my entire life. I was always a fan when I was a kid - you know, huge fan. Who wasn't a fan of Tony Orlando?
~ Larry the Cable Guy
When Sinatra said, 'For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer I've ever heard,' it changed my career completely. He was my best friend, and I was his best friend... but I was never part of the Rat Pack.
~ Tony Bennett
God bless Tony Romo.
~ Jon Gruden
I grew up loving Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and Michael Bay and Adrian Lyne.
~ Dan Trachtenberg
I've been a big admirer of Tony Dungy, and I'm sure a lot of people are, but he unfairly judged me, and that was disappointing to me.
~ Rex Ryan
I look up to the older generation of men - Arthur Scargill, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn - but my main role model has been my step-granddad Jim. He's brilliant, very political, quite eccentric.
~ Maxine Peake
Tony Schiavone - I have always liked and respected Tony.
~ Eric Bischoff
Oh, I was a big Tony Atlas fan. I think I tried to throw my first dropkick because of Tony - and almost broke my shoulder.
~ Mark Henry
I really respect the work and speeches of Tony Benn. He was a powerful speaker with a huge heart.
~ Sara Pascoe
The person I used to watch growing up was Tony Bland. I just loved the way he played. He was a big guard, and I watched him a lot. He scored, he shared, he did a little bit of everything. I wanted to be a point guard, though it didn't work out that way.
~ Trevor Ariza
Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them into skateboarding.
~ Nyjah Huston
If you're French, you definitely have to respect Tony Parker for what he did.
~ Evan Fournier
If I really had a true racing hero, I would say it's Tony Stewart, who I've always believed to be the best race car driver ever.
~ Kyle Larson
I'm a big fan of Tony Blair. I'm not saying that I think his judgment has always been right, but I look at him as a person.
~ Louise Nurding
I had a huge crush on Tony Blair, in a totally sexual way.
~ Gok Wan