Quotes About Accolades

I need Grammys.

The biggest accolades aren't the Grammys for me. It's creating opportunities for people.

Well, 20 Grammys is not bad.

I want Grammys.

There are some people that probably should be in the Hall of Fame, but they're not for some reason.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot.

You don't get the accolades unless you win. It took me a while to understand. No one will remember how Kenny Smith played in Game 1 unless we win the series. The thrill is in winning.

I was thrilled when this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature went to Neal Schusterman's 'Challenger Deep.' This brilliant book takes you into the mind of a mentally ill teenager and deserves all the accolades it's received.

I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

Those kind of accolades, the individual accolades are something that you can hang our hat on when it's all said and done.

Real novelists, those we admire, those we consider timeless in their language and character and scene, those who receive accolades for inventive language and form, have writing lives we imagine in specific ways.

It was getting the results that made science worth doing; the accolades were a thin, secondary pleasure.

As far as my career goes, I've never really had an opportunity to reflect on what I've done, with taking in the accolades and achievements that I've been able to bring together.

I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.

This is why it's hard to talk about winning awards. You can't do it without sounding like a tool.

I love awards, especially if I get them.

I think just being in there with Fedor is an impressive thing to be able to say at the end of my career, sitting in my office telling people my accolades.

To win one Moonman is amazing, to win two is incredible.

I have a lot of plaques; I have a lot of accolades - things that I'm proud of - but I don't think I ever reached my full potential as a wrestler.

You spend most of your life working and trying to hone your craft, working on your chops, working on your writing, and you don't really think about accolades. Then you get a bit older and they start coming your way. It's a nice pat on the back.

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.

I'm at a point now where I crave healthy musical environments, where there is a genuine exchange of ideas without repressed envy or resentment, and where people in the band want to be there regardless of what public accolades may come their way. Unfortunately, Mr. Bungle was not one of those places.

I have no problem with Brock Lesnar being a part-timer, because he's earned that spot. He's a multiple time champion in WWE, a former UFC Champion, NCAA amateur wrestling champion, so his accolades speak for themselves.