Quotes About Recognition

I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.

I'm rather fond of my awards.

People remember my work so fondly.

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.

Talent doesn't win football games. But talent, heart and desire do. A good coach will recognize what's inside.

I'm gonna be called Shaquem Griffin the football player, not Shaquem Griffin the one-hand wonder.

For a long time, I was just a football player, but I want people to see me for who I am.

All the Asian people respect me and watch me. But I don't want people to think of me as an Asian player. I am just a football player.

It won't change that I'm an Olympian if you call me a football player, and it won't change that I'm an NFL player if you call me a track and field athlete.

I don't call myself a women's footballer; I say I'm a footballer.

For every footballer, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or is a dream.

Before leaving, I was seen as a good player, perhaps as a very good player, but as one of the many players that Bayern had. But if you play as a Real footballer, you get even more attention. Maybe that part from the fans I do not like so much.

I struggle to see myself as Tyrone Mings the Ipswich footballer. I'm just Tyrone from Chippenham.

People watch me because I am a footballer, not because I wear a nice watch.

Maybe some people look at me and just see a footballer, or a black footballer. But I am much more than this. I tell my best friends all the time, 'If you look at me as a footballer, and not as Little Kouli, and not as your friend, then I have failed in life.'

Fame is an upshot of what I do. If you're a successful comedian or actor, then you're a famous one. But it's not the driving force. It's a by-product.

Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game.

To kind of be on the forefront of things here in NXT is definitely a big feather in my cap.

When you are the WWE Champion, you have an X right on your forehead.

Hollywood, it seems, recognizes black film and black filmmakers, but like a distant lover, never close enough or long enough to forge a meaningful relationship.

BET, I'll never, never, ever forget them for this wonderful blessing they gave to me, to be on the 10th annual BET awards for my comeback.

Of course I expected to rise so quickly. I know what I'm capable of. Even though other people didn't know, I was going to make sure they knew exactly who Alexa Bliss was, and I was going to make sure they never forgot it.

People forgot how much pride I bring to Israel while playing in the Chinese league.