Quotes About Recognition

The people of this country remember me. I may have started dyeing my beard, but I am recognized at airports, railway stations - anywhere. School textbooks have chapters on me, and somehow the sobriquet 'The Flying Sikh' has endured in people's memory.

I can tell when one of my songs is played on the radio because everybody just starts calling and texting me. It gets overwhelming because if you don't answer the right ones, they think you hate them, or you're ignoring them and are not friends anymore. It's all kind of crazy.

I look like I'm Chinese or Thai or Japanese - very different.

I get recognised everywhere in Thailand.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.

It's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked.

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.

All of my fighters should get down on their knees and thank me for what I've done for them.

I just want to thank all my fans for their loyalty and support-for coming out to the shows and buying the CDs.

In my work, I just want to tell a story and help people go on a journey. I'm glad any fans that I do have, and I'm usually not aware of it until I get out there or read a message board. I want to thank everyone who follows my work.

I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture.

I do quite often thank Frank Skinner because he agreed to do the very first series and that was a real stamp of approval.

I have been receiving calls from all quarters since the release of 'Madras.' I need to thank audiences for believing in me and making this film successful.

I want to thank Bollywood for accepting me and loving me the way I am and my songs. Bollywood has given me the reach.

I'd just like to thank everyone at Southampton for what they've done for me.

I thank all my fans and well-wishers and all those who have supported me over the years for making me what I am today.

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.

I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with.

You made it something special. Most of all, I want to thank the fans for your support not through the great times that we shared on the football field, but for the last 17 years of my life. You have supported me through all times.

You know no one ever accomplishes something like this without a lot of help from good people along the way. And this is certainly true in my case, and I would like to thank some of those people.

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

I have to thank country radio for believing in me.