Quotes About Recognition

It's a huge honour that I'm mentioned in the same breath as Mesut.

Sheryl Sandberg was a mentor and a champion for me, and she saw something in me that I didn't see in myself.

When I created the email in the U.S., my mentor could have easily copyrighted it and taken credit for it.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

People know me as 'Wipeout Girl' or 'Mercury Girl.' They never know my name, and sometimes, maybe that's a good thing.

I always see my music for its rewards rather than its awards. But I always thought if there was one award I'd want to win, it would be the Mercury.

People have been telling me for years that I sound like Freddie Mercury.

I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.

People always want to talk about Cristiano. He always works a lot. For many people he is the best in the world, but many try to take away that merit.

It took me a long time to get to where I am, but I am here and it is everywhere I want to be. A place where both my artistic merit and hard work meet. A day where I can say, 'Yeah, I'm a musician. A good one.'

I want to be judged on my own merits.

I will never be a Robert De Niro or Meryl Streep, the kind of actor that disappears into a role.

You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.

In fact, I still get messages for my mom's performance in 'Nadiya Ke Paar' as Rajjo.

There is no good leader. First of all, if you think you are a leader, you are just messed up in your head. People should think you are a leader. If you think you are a big success, again, you are messed up. Other people should think you are a success.

I don't want to be labeled a star, or billed as a star. I'm a messenger, really, and when I get work to do, I have to do it.

I know I'm not a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo.

Iniesta deserved to win the Ballon d'Or. To win it, you have to be lucky that the attackers have not done so well. If Messi and Ronaldo score 50 or 60 goals, they will always give it to them.

I will always vote for Messi for Golden Ball.

My first year I scored 10 goals in La Liga. Then people started saying 'yeah, the new Messi.'

Without Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, we would discuss Robben more often and with more appreciation.

Messi is a human being and we have to respect him.

I don't know many footballers except Maradona and Messi.

I am a messiah. Ask anyone on the Internet.