Robert Parish Quotes

The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today.

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you're going to be pumped up about that.

It is hard to categorise every accolade you have won. Getting into the Hall of Fame is great. It is fantastic to be recognised by your own country. To be part of the history of our national game is simply humbling.

Kansas City is dear to me and I am honored to be inducted into their Hall of Fame.

I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.

The tag of a 'National Award winner' earned me a lot of respect from a lot of people. I like that in a way.

A memorable moment was when I got inducted into the hall of fame in 2009.

I'm very proud of The Rock.

I was shocked and surprised and very humbled that the Hall Of Fame came about. Going into it and coming out of it, all the support has been amazing; it really has.

If the hall of fame happens, what a tremendous honor. But it's just icing on the cake.

When your name gets mentioned with the great guys that played this game in the past, that's very big.

When people ask me, 'What are you most proud of,' I say it's that I've had five people close enough to ask me to present them at the World Golf Hall of Fame. There were any number of people they could have used, but they asked me. It really means a lot to me.

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

It was like an honor thing for me to meet 50 cause I respected his whole story.

Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.

You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.

I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.

To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.

To have a role written for you by somebody who is a the top of his game is something that is very humbling.

I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.