Quotes About Recognition

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

I'm not a big, huge star, and so when people see me, it's usually to talk about something I've done, and that's a great conversation to have. That's what we're doing it for.

I know I'm appreciated by how fans treat me, and the best way to treat them is play every day, hard. I sign autographs, but if I'm with someone I don't know who doesn't start the conversation, there won't be a conversation. That's just me, living my life. But I'll loosen up after baseball.

Over time, with my matches, I convinced both the fans and the coaches that my style was the best for me, and they understood who I am, and that is who I am today.

I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not convincing as an American.

I'm used to people not getting it. I'll make amazing music, but it's convincing people that it's amazing - that's the problem.

It's pretty cool being 40 and having your blow-up moment.

Got to go to the ESPYs, which was so cool.

Comedy is a cool thing, because, at least in my experience, if you're good at it and people know, they'll find out about you.

Women today are respected as athletes now and that's a really cool thing to see.

It's cool to have a big record, but it's even cooler for the world to love it and sing along to it in every club word-for-word. It's a real feeling.

I love MTV, and I love the VMAs. There's no award show like it. It really is the coolest award show, hands down.

I don't think I could cope with being David Schwimmer-ly famous.

I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest.

One of my core values is that credit should be due, wherever it is needed.

I made All-Pro in my position as a corner.

I still do get all these letters from people saying they are not pronouncing my name correctly!

Of all the people I've ever met that I got a bit tongue-tied around was Chris Moyles. And it was just down the corridor at Radio X. I grew up listening to him, in the car on the way to school, and that voice, you feel like you wake up with him.

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

I've played 'Latin-looking spiv, third from the right' so many times I can't count.

People always call me 'champ' all the time everywhere I go. I just tell them to call me 'Shawn.' There's countless champs, but only one Shawn Porter.

I've contributed a lot to country music.

The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'