Quotes About Honor

The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.

I am honored to be named the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and to join the long line of men who have received this prestigious honor.

If I know someone who has won an award or received a promotion I tend to gift them a bottle of Black Dog to celebrate their achievements.

I am hugely honoured and proud to be receiving a knighthood.

The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.

Being taken down a few pegs is humbling. Knowing that life is not easy or fair is humbling. Receiving a great honor - well, that would be called an honor.

Receiving praise from Cristiano Ronaldo is a joy.

It's a big responsibility, I think, when you play somebody who has existed but also somebody who has just recently passed away.

It's overwhelming and humbling to be the recipient of a National Award, and I only hope to find scripts now that will solidify that honor.

I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient.

I don't want to get blase about being recognised. It's pretty amazing.

It is hard to categorise every accolade you have won. Getting into the Hall of Fame is great. It is fantastic to be recognised by your own country. To be part of the history of our national game is simply humbling.

I have worked hard to earn recognition in the NBA, and being on the cover of 'NBA 2K19' is a dream come true.

I wanted to honor the memory of my father, who was a great opera singer and died very young, without knowing my success. As I inherited his voice, it is in recognition of that heritage.

I try to be respectful about getting an honor or recognition, but I don't really know what the Rock Hall actually is. In my experience with the people who run it, I don't see it having to do with anything other than them making money.

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.

Getting elected to the National Academy of Sciences is the ultimate peer recognition.

A lot of guys don't get their recognition, all the good men out there.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

To be recognized and accepted by my musical peers is truly an honor.

When you win the Cy Young, it's like, well, you're a baseball player, that's what you're supposed to do. When you win the Clemente Award, you don't do it to get recognized for your work, but it means so much more than baseball.

I fight for my name. For my dad's last name to be recognized in the history books of boxing.

It's an honor to be recognized by the U.S. Chamber for my work to advance pro-growth policies that will help move our community forward, particularly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

I've done whatever I've been compelled to do, and I've done it all to the best of my abilities. If I've been recognized or honored for what I've done then those are bonuses, not the reason for doing what I did.