Jocelyn Bell Burnell Quotes

I never went out looking for glory.

I was overwhelmed by so many interviewers and then messages of congratulations. So many congratulation messages. I feel this shows the authority and the greatness of the Nobel Prize.

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time.

The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.

Individual awards are important, but I am not obsessed with them.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

Also, I've already won all the awards.

I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize.

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me.

I am beyond blessed and humbled to be named the Paul Hornung Award winner.

When you have results, you can make a difference, and when you make a difference, you can win the Ballon d'Or.

It's a great honour to have the nickname of Iceman, it makes me feel very proud of my achievements.

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

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.

I never imagined that I would earn my way into anyone's rafters.

I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.

I'm not hesitating on that. I am a Hall of Famer.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award?

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

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

We were the finest. We were the best in the world. We were a department that people came from all over the world to study, to look at, to see how we accomplished so much with so little; and we did.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.