Quotes About Recognition

I was playing a gig in Greece in September 2003 and this guy walks up to me and says, 'Hey Tiesto I just heard you play; you're amazing. I want you to play at the opening ceremony of the Olympics.' I looked at him, like, 'Sure pal!'

I was on my own, living in Los Angeles, and I didn't know my way around, so I thought I'd walk everywhere. Well, that certainly got me noticed. Any woman who walks any distance at all is automatically regarded as a hooker!

Acting can be a very cruel mistress. It's not a meritocracy. In other walks of life, by being good at what you do, you can achieve success. That isn't always the case in this business. Every actor knows that.

My first interaction with Gene was that after I auditioned I walked out of the room and then this big guy walks out with me, and he puts his hand on my shoulder and he says, 'You make my words sound better than they are.' And I said, 'Well, you must be the writer.' And he said 'I'm Gene Roddenberry.' And I had no idea who that was.

The entire industry is a great commune. People from all walks of life come here - Hindu, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. Now, our films are also getting international recognition.

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.

It's nice to be recognized, but it's not great to have it too conspicuously recognized, if you see what I mean. Gold records on the wall, or titles after your name, it's just not something... I don't feel that great about it.

If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.

I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods.

Only people who can't draw money need belts.

I understand that at the end of the day it's about winning and if you win, we all look good - whether you come of the bench or you start.

I'm being completely honest. If you sit on the bench and the others win, then you will not really feel like part of the winning team.

I don't buy it is all about the rings because there are a lot of guys that got rings that can't play a lick. They happened to be on the bench with some great players, so I don't buy into that totally.

Not many people know that I am a Bengali actually.

A lot of people have said I look Bengali!

I got my name, fame, identity and even my National award from Bengali cinema.

Never mind what you've heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the 74th white one. And never mind all this talk about America electing its first black President; Barack Obama is actually the 44th white man to hold the job.

I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him.

I can't put anyone even really close to Christina Aguilera besides Stacie Orrico.

Everyone says, 'What does Demetrius Andrade bring to the table?' Besides being the best American middleweight, and one of the top three middleweights in the world, everyone knows who I am and they know how good I am.

Whether I'm at the hangar or at the airport or on an airplane, I get respect. And that's the best part of my day.

I think celebrity is such a weird word. I see myself as, like, a personality. I hate saying the word 'YouTuber' because it draws so much negative attention but I think personality is the best way to put it.

The best way to make a name for yourself is to do well on the pitch.

When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list.