Quotes About Recognition

We had nothing in our times. The athletes and sportsmen in those days didn't earn much money. We worked for the applause, people's appreciation inspired and motivated us, we ran for the country.

Sure, to an extent it's true that I probably would be just some random girl on Instagram if wasn't for my parents and I am fully aware of that.

I was at a party New Year's Eve, and - no lie - at least 10 different people came up to me. One guy was like, 'I lost 30 pounds because of you.' So people just coming up to me. I don't know these people - random people.

I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

If you're not that big player, then nobody's really gonna know who you are to promote the brand. If LeBron says, 'Go buy this shoe, it's amazing,' I would probably go buy it. But if some random person on the street was like, 'Hey, go buy this shoe,' I probably wouldn't.

As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.

I literally have people go, 'Oh my God, you're the Pink Power Ranger' and I'm like, 'I do other things!' But, you know, it's so cool! I saved the world for a year.

When a team like Rangers is interested in you, it's something you have to look at and you know you're doing something right.

Fans, when they see me, they're like, 'Rah, he's a real funny person,' but everyone who grew up with me is like, 'Rah, that's Fat Tyrone.'

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

That's always a funny thing, when people think they're known for every little thing they ever did, and they're really not.

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.

My dad has worked so hard to earn a name in the industry and to gain respect. So, I don't want to take away anything from him.

As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.

I am the best in the world, and all these guys are fighting me to gain credit.

When you're coming out new, it's harder as a girl to gain fans because most of them are girls, and they can be like, 'Do we like her?' If I were a boy, it'd be much easier.

I like the films that gain awareness at the end - a sort of breakout moment.

It's been hard to gain acceptance in England without the clown makeup because I wore the costume as part of my act for so long.

I feel that I've worked so hard to gain the respect of the fans and my co-workers.

I think as competitors, that's why we get into this, to gain respect from the guys who have played the game, and you walk away and they say, 'He was a tough cover - that dude was nice.'

I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.

I met the guy who started off the whole Babuji jokes. I removed my chappal the moment I saw him. But that was all for fun. I told him that he has done what I couldn't do in my 50-year career. I wanted to see the man who had the gall to crack such jokes.

Most people don't know who I am in the industry. I'm far from 'Conan' and 'Game of Thrones.'