Naima Adedapo Quotes

The first think I did when I found out I was a finalist, was, I don't remember, because it felt like it was an out of body experience.

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.

The night I won the Emmy, I probably cried for three hours on and off.

When you reach the moment to score, it is like liberating different emotions such as joy, happiness, and also satisfaction.

To have this gold medal around my neck is just bonkers and still hasn't really sunk in.

Man, to make the Hall would be incredible. I'd cry for, like, five weeks straight.

Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.

First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'.

Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.

Winning is an amazing feeling. You don't get that in business; you don't get that in many things.

When I found out I was in the top 13 I was freaking out and crying it was such a joyous moment for me.

Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made.

When you get a trophy, why go jumping and crying? Winning's a great feeling, but everything else is an anti-climax.

People ask me what it's like scoring a goal. Well, think of the best thing that could happen to you and times it by 10.

I'm speechless! I am so happy to have won MTV Brand New!

The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund' was on the shortlist for the Frank O'Connor International Story prize - Excited, thrilled, honored, none of them quite do it.

When you score, you've got to be happy. It's only normal.

The delight you feel in that split second you score your first hundred is so intense it can't be repeated.

I DID IT!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

My feelings, as the last ball travelled over the net, and as I realized that the final match was mine, I cannot describe. I felt that here was a prize for all the games I had ever played.

To be nominated was enough, but when I won I the Tony I just felt relief.

I feel like I'm on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I've climbed a very giant mountain, and I'm just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air.

The emotion at the point of technical breakthrough is better than wine, women and song put together.

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.