Quotes About Admiration

One of the best ones out there was a guy named Howard Cosell. He was the best.

The only person I look up to - and not just in show business but also in the world - is a little lady named Judge Judy! Honestly.

I named my dog 'Messi' because Messi is the best in the world, and so is my dog.

I respect all the fighters who have the big names.

I really like Italy and Inter. When I was a kid I used to watch several leagues and I knew the names of all the greats that have played for this club.

When you see your father playing in the first division, and you see players like Ronaldo with the crowd singing their names, you want that.

People like Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Antonio Aguilar, Pedro Fernandez, Vicente Fernandez - these are probably all names that many people don't know, but they are very popular in the music industry. They were people that I grew up listening to and aspiring to be like one day.

Just naming Batistuta gives me goosebumps!

Some writers you return to again and again, and for me, Nancy Mitford is one of them.

When I was 15 my great Aunt Nancy gave me a book of Alan Bennett plays, and I thought he was the bees knees.

I got a lot of respect for Nancy Pelosi. I love her. She was a mentor of mine.

Well, I think you do have to admire Nancy Pelosi.

Chris Candido - besides loving him like a little brother - I used to sit and watch him in awe because it was so effortless for him. He could wake up from a nap and go out and have a five-star match.

I think the people that were big Bill Elliott fans, they followed me for a long time, not just since I've been in the NASCAR world.

Winning the Indy 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship in 1997 are very special moments for me, and the people in NASCAR show me respect for what I've achieved so far in my career.

Baghban' happened with me when I was very new. I played a nasty daughter-in-law, to somebody I have idolised all my life: My Amitabh Bachchan.

I love all of Kate Winslet's characters. And Natalie Portman. If I can have a smidgen of what they've done, that would be awesome.

I've been in love with Natalie Portman for a long time now. She's flawless.

Toni Kroos leaving the German national team would hurt me very much.

I saw Claude Makelele play in the French national team but before when he played at a club I didn't watch him a lot.

When I was a kid, my big hero was the number 10 of Flamengo and not the number 10 of Santos. His name was Dida. We didn't have much knowledge about the championship in Sao Paolo or in the south of Brazil. We just knew about the championship in Rio because I am from there. But Pele played for the national team and was a hero.

When I was little, I loved Alessandro Del Piero, who made history with Juventus and the national team. And growing up, once I took to the pitch, I looked closely at what Andrea Pirlo was doing.

The literature of many lands is rich with the tributes that gratitude, admiration and love have paid to the great and honored dead. These tributes disclose the character of nations, the ideals of the human race.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.