Quotes About Recognition

This is a special class right here, to be an All-Star in the NBA. I don't think anybody would have thought when I was coming in the league that I would get this accomplishment. This is special. I don't know where I would rank it, but it's definitely high on the list.

I finished three years ranked No. 1, so the ranking doesn't matter anymore.

I've gone through a lot to get here. I'm doing my job. And that No. 1 ranking next to my name says I'm doing my job better than a good percentage of everyone else.

There was a previous generation of women who rose through the ranks in an environment when work and life were highly compartmentalized. And I think now, because of technology, we're always on. Where there used to be work life and home life, now it's one life. And I think a lot of companies don't recognize that.

You can't be admitted to the ranks of writers of importance unless you have sales.

It ranks right up there with winning a championship, being selected as one of the 50 greatest athletes in the NBA. It's definitely a highlight in my career.

For all of the achievements and awards, to be able to retire as a Raider ranks highest among all of those.

People like to say, 'Ah, he just knows how to rap.' As if I didn't know my music.

I want to be a rap icon.

The rap community know that I'm doing very well. They're embracing me... They like the flavour.

I liked the name Saadiq and didn't want to be known as an artist as Raphael Wiggins.

I had rapidly become aware there were problems with the Kalifa group.

As a female, we always have to be labeled this new female rapper. It's never like, 'I heard this rapper Tink.' It's always, 'I heard a female rapper.'

I'm pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper.

I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.'

Deep down, I want to be a big rapper. I want people to love what I'm doing.

Something that is funny, that I use sometimes if I'm doing comedy, is the fact that I'm now often mistaken for the rapper Rick Ross. And I don't know that I've ever corrected anyone - like I've never said, 'No no, I'm not Rick Ross, I'm Black Thought from The Roots.'

It's a difference between a good rapper and 'king of the city,' they're two different things. You can be a better rapper than me, that don't mean you're king of the city.

I didn't want to just be a rapper, I wanted to be a star.

People compare me to Kendrick. I've seen comparisons with Jay-Z, with Nas, with Chance The Rapper. I get a lot of Eminem comparisons.

If we met today and you had no idea who I was, you'd just think I was a normal guy. You wouldn't think I'm a rapper.

I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all.

You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.

Kendrick Lamar deserves a Grammy. He's one of the biggest, most influential rappers of my generation.