Quotes About Recognition

I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.

If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.

I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting eye or your shooting arm.

I don't know how you can be an All-American in this country and not be a good basketball player.

I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.

You've got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player.

People will come up to me and want to take pictures with me because I'm Lauren's husband, and not a basketball player.

This game's a lot easier early on in your career because people haven't seen you play. Things got a lot harder when people saw what I did with the ball and began to think about how to bat against me.

I was a rock star. I was the president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Yes, outside India, my batting performances have been highlighted more.

It's a battle to be seen in the world of advertisers and in the world of business as a serious force.

I had eight years of a career before I even saw any fame outside of the Bay. I was famous in the Bay for eight years before that.

The Vikings saw something in me, and I will forever be grateful for that. They saw me as someone who, with the right help, could really succeed.

I am grateful, you know. I have to be grateful in the sense that I feel that what I have is a gift.

The Calcutta public accepted me and put me where I am. I will always be grateful to them.

I would be happy if people just called me an actor.

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

My life hasn't changed that much. Sure, people recognize me, and airports can get tough, but the people who stop me tend to be real nice.

I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!'

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans.

I can't bear the idea or concept of being a 'celeb.'

I could beat Yoel Romero, who is probably more dangerous than someone like Anderson Silva, but I would get more credit for beating Silva.

For us... you know, we're not The Beatles.