Quotes About Gratitude

Like so many others, my military career was anchored by a calling to give back to a country that had given me so much.

Seeing a player return to campus 20 years later with his family and he tells you, 'I'd never be where I am today without this university and this team.' That's everything. That's why you coach.

The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family.

I think that we are blessed to live here in Canada.

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and Canada and I am grateful for the opportunities that I've been given by people, and the game of basketball, and the NBA.

My parents are proud to be Canadian, as I am. They had a lot to do with my success and sacrificed a lot over the years.

All I can say is I'm proud to be Canadian.

Everything about Canada makes me proud to be Canadian.

I would not be where I am now without the efforts of so many Canadian baseball people and the fans of Canadian baseball.

Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.

On Dec. 10, 2000, I learned I was free of cancer.

It might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me.

I am grateful to the Capitol Police for their service.

I am proud to say I got 102 caps. I tweeted on the day of my 100th that I was 'grateful.'

I don't know if I expected to be a captain of an All-Star team. It's pretty cool.

To be able to say I am an Ashes-winning captain... just hearing those words and saying them myself is pretty special.

It would just be nice to buy my dad a caravan.

I've been happy to have been here since my first day, and I'm going to be happy to retire as a Cardinal because this organization means a lot to me and this city means a lot to me.

We might make money and be in the careers we're in, but we don't need a bunch of stuff. We like showcasing that and letting people know that it's OK to not want things and keep wanting bigger and better.

I get excited about all the things in football. But when I have days when I get too carried away with myself I look back at where I've come from.

The game was very, very good to me. I felt like I was equally as good to the game the way I played it and the way I respected it and the way I carried myself through the process.

Larry Hagman was a huge star, and he was carrying my stuff for me.

Carrying envy makes life more difficult.