Quotes About Recognition

When a little kid comes up to me and asks for an autograph, that's the most amazing compliment I can even imagine.

The most beautiful moments of my career were under Manuel Pellegrini in Malaga, where we achieved big things and we made Malaga's name known around Europe.

I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. I longed to be myself.

I want to make 'People' magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

For me, 'Mary Magdalene' is the most beautiful film I've shot with the performances and the script and the actors and ensemble. But not one saw it.

Halle Berry is and will always be one of the most beautiful women in the world.

At the end of the day, successful box office just means that more people saw what you did and liked it, and that to me is the most important thing. That a lot of people saw it and liked it.

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.

And when it comes to the music, the fans are the most important thing because they get you and put you where you are. And so often - too often - that whole idea gets cast aside.

Music is the most powerful sound there is, often inappropriately deployed. It's powerful for two reasons: you recognize it fast, and you associate it very powerfully.

When you make your first film at 47 and anybody but your mother goes to see it, to me, that's a miracle.

My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck.

You know you've built a product that can hit the mainstream when your wife, your father, and your mother-in-law can get involved.

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

The working mothers of America deserve medals.

I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me!

I love and celebrate good teachers, and it's critical that we do more to identify them and keep them happy and motivated.

There will always be people who think that money and benefits and even just having a job should be thanks enough. There are also those that think they do a great job without anyone having to thank them. But study after study has shown that no one is immune from the motivating effects of acknowledgement and thanks.

It's very motivating, very aspiring to have the knowledge of me being able to be successful so young and have players go out of their way to talk about me.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

There's a kind of numbness, a sameness, a lack of motivation in 'good job' culture.

My main motivation is to prove I'm No. 1 in the world.

Hate equals motivation. Five years ago, I was known as Doc Rivers's son, and now I'm known as my own person, and that's through hard work.

It's not like I want to be famous but it's a great motivation for me. If you have good attention, you feel more excited.