Quotes About Gratitude

Words can't describe how happy I'm feeling with the love I'm feeling from the fans, from the Mavs fans and my people in Georgia. They appreciate what I do.

I had the luck with Germany. If they hadn't allowed us to come in I don't know where we would've gone or where we could go. I never ask about that. My mum said: 'Germany is our second home' and it's true. Germany gave us their open hands.

I made the decision to play for Germany because this country gave me something and helped me during my youth.

Thanksgiving Day, we do a huge lunch. Big family, like, 60 people, we get together. Everybody brings a covered dish, everybody brings a dessert, and we go all out.

If not shown appreciation, it gets to you.

I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family.

I'm not one of those people who is not looking forward to getting old. I'm happy with my life.

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.

I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.

I love getting older.

I was convinced I had a giant brain tumour. I thought, 'I don't believe this. It's like a bad episode of Brookside.' That's when I knew I didn't want to die. When the chips were down I thought, 'It's not my time yet.' I really wanted to live and be happy.

I stand on the shoulders of giants.

I am one of the lucky ones, to work with comic giants.

Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.

Just to eat is a gift.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me.

I consider everything I compose a gift.

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

I just think it's a blessing that I was able to have the gift of words and to be able to put them into music. I was given a great gift all the way around. I didn't ever have to really go out and look for songs, you know.

Love is a gift.

I'm one of those people that will say, 'My cancer was a gift.'