Quotes About Recognition

I'm just so proud to be champion and to have the support of my peers and my fans.

As long as I'm respected by my peers and coaches, I'm cool.

There certainly was a time when I started when people looked at me as the secretary to Dr. Buss. Being the boss' daughter amongst your peers, you gotta show up every day.

When you give someone an award and you tell them that they are the best female chef in the world, you alienate them from their peers.

I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.

The respect from your peers - I don't know if it's because I grew up in the business, I don't know if that's why - but to me, that became the biggest thing.

We as athletes want to be validated by your peers.

When you're respected by your peers, that's amazing.

It means a lot when your peers see your improvement.

I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.

Obviously, having your peers' respect is everything. I learned that a long time ago: that some people see you one way, some people see you another way, but having your peers' respect is what's really important.

I wanted to build respect with my peers... I felt like I had done that throughout my WWE career. I really felt it and knew it was there when I got injured.

Obviously, you want to get adoration from fans and people who consume what you do, but also getting that from your peers goes a long way. That's how I keep my perspective. I feel really fortunate.

I know that my peers around the NBA respect me and I have respect around the NBA.

I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.

It's quite humbling when you see the list of writers who have been president of PEN and you know some of the things they've done.

I've been charging what I deserve. I believe I am worth every penny of it, and if filmmakers think so, too, they will pay me.

The greatest award is the appreciation of the people.

How can people change their minds about us if they don't know who we are?

I can see why people change. You get complimented all the time, driven around in a black SUV - your life is crazy. But that's your career, not you.

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

My thing is to get new fans. So I love when people say, 'Oh, I've heard of him before.' Or 'I've never heard of Durk.' Or 'I'm a fan of Durk today.' This is what I like to see, because it lets me know when I come out with something that it's going to work.

There's a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, 'Well, you know, I kinda get her now.' I've actually had people say that to me.

People say, 'You look like the girl who used to be on that show 'Angel' - they don't actually think I'm her.