Quotes About Acknowledgment

I am such a big fan of letting everyone know how special they are and what they contribute.

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

One of my core values is that credit should be due, wherever it is needed.

I still do get all these letters from people saying they are not pronouncing my name correctly!

Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.

When you've been told in ways large and small your whole life that your voice doesn't matter and that you don't count, it's not an easy thing to get over.

People always call me 'champ' all the time everywhere I go. I just tell them to call me 'Shawn.' There's countless champs, but only one Shawn Porter.

I think for a couple of years I was believing that I was doing it all on my own and I wasn't.

It's been sanctioned by the courts, and I accept that.

My cousin Dwayne was really the first person who was like, 'You're funny, man!' I was like, 'OK, sure.'

You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.

If you considered the risks of everything in life you wouldn't leave your house. But I am a father and a husband. I don't do these things for the hell of it. At the same time you accept the risks and acknowledge that there is a risk, that there could be a big crash or worse.

The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.

My job gives me the attention I'd otherwise crave.

Yes, I'm a personality. I accept that. O.K.? I understand it. But I'm a personality with credentials.

People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

I can't take credit for the success of my songs.

I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.

I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit.

I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!

I like to take credit for the work that I have done.

I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions.

In 2007, people tried to belittle me a little bit and sort of take the credit away from me and my team and what we achieved.