Quotes About Acknowledgment

Gary, if you want to play on this football team, you answer me when I ask you who's your Daddy. Who's your Daddy, Gary? Who's your Daddy?

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

There are four things our ancestors need from us: acknowledgment, validation, understanding, and forgiveness.

When I was born, the man in the sky pointed to me and said, 'That's the guy.'

I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.' It sounds like a slam. At least it sounds that way to me.

When somebody notices me in the slightest, I can feel the eyes - boom-boom - as soon as they pass.

You know, I've just about got used to the fact that people in Britain know who I am on some level, but the notion that there's any kind of international recognition is still slightly bizarre to me.

I feel slightly embarrassed by being called 'the godfather.'

The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye.

There has been a positive change with people being aware about women's cricket of late. It's still far from what it needs to be, but women are slowly getting the right recognition for this game.

Some small part of what the artist does is for approval of others.

I live in a small town so I get recognised a lot which is weird.

Don't ignore big problems, and don't try to pretend that problems are smaller than they are.

Praise your children more than you correct them. Praise them for even their smallest achievement.

I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

I am not very smart, but I recognize that I am not very smart.

I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.

No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.

And as much as I do believe in paying homage to those who have gone, let's give people their love while they're still here and they can smell those flowers.

People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.

You've probably noticed how when someone says hello or smiles at you, your automatic reaction is to say hello or smile back.

Sam Smith knew who I was!

People always say you've had success as a head coach, and really it's Phil Snow who has been with me the whole time.