Arthur Balfour Quotes

Looking back now, thinking about that moment in the lights, with my heart pounding, Oscar in my hand, all I can say is I am grateful and humbled - still to this day. Next to marrying my husband and the birth of my children, it is one of the best days ever.

It is a great honor to be awarded a Nobel Prize. This is a wonderful experience for my wife Betty and me. We received congratulations by email, phone and post, many from old friends we had not seen for some time.

When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.

Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent.

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.

People always think it's about money, money, money, but I just want to win trophies.

Winning a Grammy is always going to be good.

It's an honor to be named Rookie of the Year by the media.

I know some people expected me to be a Ballon d'Or winner.

The Ballon d'Or? In the end, I dedicate myself, and if it arrives, it will arrive.

I won in Italy, I won at Real Madrid, and I felt important.

I will dream about winning the Golden Ball until I stop playing.

It is about winning a trophy. It doesn't make any difference to me who lifts it; I would just rather win.

I won an ASCAP award two years in a row - that was sick.

Winning the Brit award - I really didn't expect to win, and I was just there for the party, but then I actually won it! I'll never forget that moment and the weeks leading up to it.

I want to be the guy that's taking names, on the podium, and winning events.

A lot of people have been telling me that I was going to be in the Hall of Fame and those are nice words and I try not to think about it, but when the call came, it made it real. It was a pretty darned good feeling.

I didn't expect this award [the 2008 MVP] would come to me. I'm surprised. I've played pretty well in other seasons. Our team hasn't been as good. Things just fell into place.

Succeeding, being on TV, being a professional, I was proud of myself, I was happy.

I appreciate greatness.

Scoring is easy for me.

Winning a trophy would be a good way to finish a bad season in a positive way. But I'm not obsessed by the fact I have to win a trophy every year - it's a nice thing, but I know it's sometimes impossible.

It's humbling and an honor to be named AP Player of the Year, to be mentioned in the same realm as a lot of great players, a lot of hall of famers.

Every year I win, everything I do, it cements my legacy.

It would mean a lot, but it's weird, because what's the title? It's an extra line on your Wikipedia page and a medal that says you won on that particular night. It obviously symbolizes more than that, but those are the things people think about.