Quotes About Gratitude

I kept begging and begging for a car when I turned 16. My dad got me a 1971 Chevy pickup with no air conditioning and no radio!

You can't really be picky when no one is offering you anything.

It's nuts to me that people want to take a picture with me or want to tell me a story about their family. If they want to give it to me, I'll always take it. It's never intrusive.

I get such lovely gifts from fans... amazing pictures, handmade jewellery. I'm very lucky!

I'm so lucky because I get to have all of these memories. I can have all of those pictures and different sorts of films and stuff. Some people have only one photo, and I'm really glad that I have all of that.

The great thing about baking is that you can bring in an apple pie when you have company and say, 'I baked this for you,' and people love it. Men love it when you bake a pie for them.

Everyone in my life who is important, they feed me humble pie.

The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

Never cut the hand that feed you, otherwise you are no-good piece of garbage.

Here I am, playing with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd is my coach, I'm in Brooklyn, New York, they lobbied for me to be here... Regardless of my circumstances, I'm here.

I grew up taking care of the pigs. I love this country that, you know, somebody can do something like that.

The fan mail I get every day is incredible. It piles through the door from not just Britain but everywhere. It is so great to have that support behind me - everyone says I am an inspiration. It is great.

When I was growing up, I always liked playing football, and my mum always took me to football games. I owe her a lot. She was my pillar. She was the biggest influence on me.

All the credit goes to Jesus Christ, Mother Mary, Shani Bhagwan and Ganpati. These are the four pillars of my destiny.

I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.

Even though I'm in the changing room and I know I am, you still have to pinch yourself every night that you can say you're a Manchester United player.

I pinch myself daily.

Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'

People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.

I still pinch myself that I had the career that I had.

Sometimes, you pinch yourself. I get to do such incredibly fun things with people who are of such an incredible caliber. It's really, really awesome.

I don't know why I got so lucky. I have to pinch myself often and say, 'Is this just a dream?'

When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that?

I have just been working with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also a mum, on a movie called 'Hysteria.' She is everywhere because of the nature of film work. Not that I'm name dropping or anything like that. I have to pinch myself when I remember who I've been working with.