This is a reflection of my coaches, teammates, my family ? people who have all had influence on me, obviously. It's me being surrounded by wonderful people and trying to emulate that ... uphold that standard. It's a big honor. It leaves me without words. Very, very humbling.
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Related I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me fee... GEORGE LOPEZ I have people that work for me that report to me. I report to other people. I have a budget to contr... FRAN MCCAFFERY People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me s... RAFAEL DOS ANJOS People think it must be wonderful being in movies or on television, but it can be very tough on a ch... ANGELA CARTWRIGHT It's an honor. There are a lot of people in this world that want to do it. It's a great honor and I'... JODIE MCCLAIN It was a big part of raising my stock. People thought I couldn't run a good 40. Proving people wrong... JOSH LAY I am very lucky that I have talented and creative people around me. Also, mediation has been a very ... RUSSELL SIMMONS Obviously, this has come as a big shock to me and my family but I am in very capable hands and diagn... KARREN BRADY I get pretty excited when teams do that because I am so used to getting doubled. My teammates have c... CRYSTAL LANGHORNE I had to learn to dismiss people who would criticize me based on nothing, but I also had to learn no... JUSTIN TRUDEAU My coaches have been telling me all year that sometimes you have to trust your teammates. LANCE JETER My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension. MIRA NAIR My teammates are always very supportive of me. My teammates were trying to get me the ball so that I... ELENA DELLEDONNE This is a very big honor for me, ALEXEI YASHIN Judging me before you get to know me is a reflection of your problems.
Judging me on my appearance i... LIZZIE G. SCHMIDT When I was a kid, there were some people around me who were a bad influence. When I met my girlfrien... LUIS SUAREZ When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very sel... CAROLYN MURPHY It's a huge honor to receive this award and is obviously not possible without my teammates and coach... EDDIE POPE This is a disappointing and sad day for me and my wife, and my family. I would like to make it very ... JOHN DALEY My family brought me up to be very respectful of people. EMMA BUNTON My version of "Georgia" became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It reall... RAY CHARLES It's a great achievement. It's a great compliment to my team. I couldn't have done it without them. ... AARON GRAY I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only a... MAYA ANGELOU Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard... ME Just look at what is spelled: Hal Jordan BrUce Wayne Victor Stone Clark KenT... ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester... ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high. ME I get asked a lot about my legacy. For me, it's being a good teammate, having the respect of my ... PEYTON MANNING I read this script and it struck a chord with me, and I thought, why does this story affect me so mu... CURTIS HANSON I have a very, very good memory, and I always remember the people who have done right by me and the ... KEVIN LOVE Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who hav... JOHN JAMES AUDUBON Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to k... KAHLIL GIBRAN Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is
incumbent on me to know my self, to... KAHLIL GIBRAN Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to k... KHALIL GIBRAN I've had a great time. I've had a great career and I've obviously had a very radical conversion in m... STEPHEN BALDWIN My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. ... RAY CHARLES What helped me was I had people around me to remind me to help my country even when it did me wrong,... ALEXIS ARGUELLO I'd like to think I have enough self-awareness to know when my time as a player is done. But if for ... CAMMI GRANATO My teammates have surrounded me with such a good presence that they've really given me the opportuni... BRITTANY WILKINS I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by ta... JADA PINKETT SMITH It is very humbling to see my own character defects in someone who annoys me. At the end of the day,... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me. OTTO SCHILY I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father... DAVID CHARVET Because of the wonderful people that work with me, I don't ever think I missed a school function. I ... CAROL KAPLAN They all had a big influence on me, DARLENE WEST I'm proud of where I came from. There are so many people from North Carolina who have wished me well... JOEY CHEEK People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But... LATOYA JACKSON The blade sings to me. Faintly, so soft against my ears, its voice calms my worries and tells me tha... AMANDA STEELE It was great how my teammates and coaches kept rallying around me up there. They never pointed a fin... MARQUES HAGANS I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones. MELISSA ETHERIDGE For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't ha... DAN COLEN I come personally from a broken family, divorced very early in my childhood, a family with its own s... BILL DE BLASIO I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been... JOSH TURNER I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and ... JOSE CARRERAS It's very humbling. As you're sitting there, watching, and the character does some wonderful thing, ... DAVID HYDE PIERCE It was a very hard life. As I got older, the family was depending very much on me. My two older brot... MARTIN LEL I'd like to think I have enough self-awareness to know when my time as a player is done, ... But if ... CAMMI GRANATO All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degr... ANDREA CORR I'm thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing... BRETT FAVRE Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not. REBA MCENTIRE It means a lot to me that my coaches and teammates have a lot of faith in me. I just want to go out ... DONELL TAYLOR All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older tha... ZAC BROWN That's what really motivates me: to make my coaches proud, my teammates proud, and the fans prou... AARON RODGERS My strength has been the self-belief that has helped me perform at this level. My teammates and fami... ANIL KUMBLE I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My famil... A. R. RAHMAN My dad went to USC and it always had been very important to me and my family. MIRANDA COSGROVE This is a very big deal for me emotionally, ... It really is my roots. VERA WANG It's a great honor that the other coaches in this league have voted me as the Coach of the Year, but... KEITH ADKINS I had flashes (of his career being over), but my teammates, family and friends got me through everyt... ANDRE CALDWELL It's a big load on my shoulders, ... My teammates have tried to help me with that. They know it's a ... TONY TAYLOR My concern is not for me, ... but for Jordan, its stability, its progress, its democracy (and) its p... KING HUSSEIN It wasn't a very detailed meeting, but he definitely established a feeling right off the bat. He thi... BRANDON ARCHER It's good to have all the coaches voting for you. This is a great honor for me. FIFI CAMARA Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me... STEWART STERN I have a really good family. I'm lucky to have people who support me and love me in my life. KENNY WORMALD I have always been the first on the dance floor. Before fame, people thought it made me a good laugh... JESSIE J Some of the feedback I got was very violent. I had two girls come to my room. I had threats of viole... LISA SMITH I have learned that you have to buckle down. I think in a way my injury taught me a lot about that. ... MEGHAN RYAN Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected. CHRISTINA MILIAN My parents were very unusual people, but it was more valuable to have other people say that than me. BROOKE HAYWARD For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA It is a great honor to be named the 2005 NCAA Woman of the Year from our great state, ... I am humbl... MIKE CAREY One cliché attached to bookish people is that they are lonely, but for me books were my way out of ... MATT HAIG its the passion in my heart that makes me crazy
its the passion in my learning that makes me intelli... LARISSA CONSOLAGIO I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teac... ANDREW SHUE I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved b... BARBARA CORCORAN It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connect... JAMES A. BALDWIN It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connect... JAMES BALDWIN Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 10... DON RICKLES Obviously, it is a very great honor and I'm very pleased to have it, and it's very nice to be recogn... SALMAN RUSHDIE Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people wh... CAROLYN MURPHY I want to thank the Dodgers organization and my teammates for their support and being behind me when... GIOVANNI CARRARA I was a dramatic kid. I was always like, 'Watch me put on my play, Mom and Dad! You have to watc... LAURA HARRIER I'm half good and I'm half bad. My mama is a very good girl and my daddy is a very bad boy. And I gu... C. JOYBELL C. I would find it very strange to be on the road without my family. It's really second nature to me. KASEY CHAMBERS It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young peo... BETTE PAGE It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young peo... BETTIE PAGE This is a tremendous honor, ... Thirty other people keep this company going. I'm grateful for my fam... BARBARA MILLER You mean so much to me. When someone wears my number, I think it represents our whole team. My teamm... DEE BROWN All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degr... ANDREA CORR
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