Quotes About Gratitude

Being broke and poor - I mean, you grow up in the environment I grew up in, grew up hard and grew up poor. Your mom doesn't have a car until you make it to the NBA... no telephone. So, I mean, if you grow up like that, and you're able to make it to this level and be blessed the way I've been blessed, it's always great to give back.

The problem is, I think, that so many of us pray as if we are ordering groceries. We pick up the telephone and say, 'Is this the right place to place my order?' and we proceed right to dictating our order. When we have then ended that list, we hang up.

I feel quite lucky to have the platforms I have on both television and radio.

Every time my song plays on radio or television, Hitesh records it and sends it to me. It feels very good; he appreciates my work.

I was interviewed for a Grammy television show, and they asked me about Nashville, and I talked for three minutes and when I finished, I was teared up. The whole room was crying. Nashville has given me a home, where I never had a home before.

I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others.

I tell myself every day I love my Jacuzzi, I love my marble floors, I love my high ceilings.

God bless classic rock. It's been very good to me; I'll tell you that.

I just tell you, the Lord's been good to me. Even if I was a rounder, He's been really, really nice to me.

When doctors tell you that your only hope for survival is 14 straight days of intense chemotherapy, 24 hours a day, you sit there, and you count down the 336 hours. You see, each day is a blessing.

People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.

One thing that I think most people don't notice is that if you're sitting around telling yourself, 'I want to be happier,' there's a kind of subconscious message that you're also telling yourself at the same time, which is, 'What I have is not enough.'

I keep telling the players to enjoy the good moments. There are too many moments in this world currently that are pretty miserable and downbeat, so if there is light at certain times, I want them to enjoy it.

It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.

Right now, my caddie has a nicer car than I do. That tells me a little something.

You can't even imagine the feeling you get when someone tells you that you are about to lose your legs.

God chose me for a reason. My momma tells me that every day. I know there's a million people who want to be in my shoes.

I am lucky enough to be married to a guy who tells me I look beautiful every day.

My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me.

It gets slightly daunting if you're watching the telly and everybody's gorgeous. It's just so rubbish. And I'm grateful that it's not so much anymore - it's great to see.

I don't need a lot: I've got a telly, a computer - what else can you get me?

Despite some of the stories that have gone around, I've never had a big, flouncey strop about how much I'm paid. Considering I have a pretty interesting life out of making telly, I'm really paid quite well for it. So I'm not complaining.

Tollywood is where I made a name for myself, and it's all thanks to the love and affection my fans have showered on me. The least I can do in return is to learn to speak the Telugu language correctly.

I want to thank the audience of both the Telugu speaking states for standing by me throughout my journey.