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Quotes About Pride

Nobody likes to believe that they need anybody's help in anything, and the smarter you are - and I'm not smart - or the tougher you are - and at times I thought I was pretty tough - the more trouble you have.
~ Mark Lanegan
Beating Chris Eubank in 1997 was a great win and the toughest fight of my life, and beating Jeff Lacy was great, too. But Mikkel Kessler topped it, winning all the belts and fighting in front of all those fans in my home town.
~ Joe Calzaghe
We're very proud of our cultural life. Culture is to London what the sun is to Spain. It's a major driver for our tourism.
~ Munira Mirza
The Olympic Games is the most important tournament for Russian guys.
~ Alexander Ovechkin
I always look forward to playing for my national team, especially at a major tournament.
~ Luka Modric
To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying.
~ John McEnroe
To have a tournament right where you live is very cool.
~ Jimmy Walker
I don't think, when you are involved with England, you can ever write any game or tournament off - that wouldn't be acceptable.
~ Gareth Southgate
Expectations run immensely high in Croatia. We may only be a small country, but people expect us to be our best at every major tournament.
~ Niko Kovac
The Asian Cup is an important tournament.
~ Shinji Kagawa
If you win even one tournament or medal, people can think they have become big.
~ P. T. Usha
There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, 'Look what I did.' But they've been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway.
~ Peter Benchley
My first major championships was in 2005, which makes me feel ancient. I'm really proud of playing in all the tournaments, yet I can have all the caps in the world, but there's no point if you don't have a gold medal.
~ Karen Carney
At the end of the touring on Bitte, looking back on all that stuff, I feel really proud of having written that music and of us for having really played awesomely on those tours.
~ David Longstreth
It's still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything: it's all about the Olympics.
~ Bradley Wiggins
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.
~ Neil Patrick Harris
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen.
~ Ezra Taft Benson
Every baby step India takes in achieving anything towards its betterment enhances my identity and personality because I love my country.
~ Sushmita Sen
So we take a lot of pride in that. It's really on us to turn this thing around. I think this last month we've done just that. We've pointed ourself in the direction that we want to be, and I think we're starting to head towards that. Right now we're in a nice rhythm.
~ Kevin Garnett
When I hear anything derogatory towards the Raiders, I am definitely hurt.
~ Jim Otto
I've always given 110% for Northern Ireland, for my country. I'll never throw in the towel.
~ Kyle Lafferty
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.
~ Harry Seidler
She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
~ Fay Wray