Quotes About Recognition

If you hear big clubs are interested, it's always nice to know people appreciate what you do, but when Tottenham said, 'We want him,' I didn't have to think twice.

I was always in my mind that for the top-six clubs in England my name was not big enough.

When you're a celebrity, people think they know you, but they don't have a clue.

Some people see me as someone who makes other people look bad... I often get a feeling most people don't know who I am, or have a clue, and I live with that. I don't try to prove anything by talking.

A lot of young people have not a clue what being famous entails. When you lose your anonymity you can't walk down the street without people looking at you.

If you're not in someone's face, they're not going to remember you. So get yourself back into an acting class; get a coach. Do those things you did when you were 20 and wanted it so bad.

A lot of coaches have come up to me and liked the way I played.

I'm one of the best players in the world in that No.10 position. Fans, coaches, players, and everyone knows that my best position is playmaker.

It definitely would be an honor to be an All-Star. But I have no say in it. It's not up to me. It's up to the fans and coaches.

I've always been a guy that's worked hard, and I think the coaches see that.

As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show's success, but these things are a brand name now. They're like Coca-Cola. It's like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it.

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

We want to be considered a band, like Maroon 5 or Coldplay.

I am grateful to my fans, my directors and my colleagues.

Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.

I'm not sure that it matters as much to women as to our male colleagues to have the public adulation and be on the public mind.

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

There's something to be said about the art-industrial complex, the collectors who recognize that your work has some sort of future economic value.

I had the pressure when I started my career at 18 at Cologne, when people were saying, 'Ah, Podolski, the new hero of Cologne.'

I realized that if I did well in Colombia, I could do well in the world.

We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.

When I see a colour or hear a sound, I am aware of something, and not of nothing.

They send women into combat without being prepared for women in combat. The men resented them being there, and it was just very, very difficult for them, and they had to fight for the respect they were earning. And that's all they want is the respect.