Quotes About Recognition

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

I didn't have a hero playing in sports that looked like me.

I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

I can spot a homosexual at forty paces.

Channel 4 know I'm messed up. But they've got a soft spot for me.

I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.

Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.

I have a gift: I'm very lucky to be able to spot when a person is special.

I have a following, but it's small. I have this level of fame where people spot me in the airport, consistently, but they always think they're the only one who ever has. People will think they win a prize when they recognize me.

It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also.

I had always wanted a top spot, ever since I came to Japan in 2008.

If people can spot talent rather than the talent having to come to us, then I think you might find that the quality of stuff goes up.

I've got a room full of gold and platinum records, a lot of them are Canadian, and I've got a very soft spot for that country.

The fact that 'Honey, I'm Good' made such a splash and that people were catching it on radio, on Spotify, on Pandora, it's driving everybody to go hear the album.

I'm so grateful to Spotify for the enormous support to the reggaeton movement.

Usain is Usain, and he always has the spotlight because of what he has accomplished, so we can never take that away from him.

I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight.

I've been in the spotlight since the day I was born.

In general, the spotlight has been on me.

Considering the fact that I have been in the spotlight more or less since I was 18, there is an aspect of normality to my public profile, which I have grown to live with. As much as I would like to disappear into the crowd, my work won't let me - difficult as it is for my family.

If you are in the spotlight, you have to get used to it.

I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren't something that came under the spotlight.

I liked being in the spotlight.