Dennis Nilsen Quotes

I am slightly shocked to have gone as far as I have.

I didn't expect I will get the Arjuna at 18 years. I thought 19.

The win is the biggest thing.

When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

I'm astonished by my success.

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'.

It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.

I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.

I still haven't come to grips with our success.

Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.

There's no shame in a bronze medal. I used to think that, and I'm so ashamed of thinking that because there's so much joy and hard work and love in this.

I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.' It just hasn't hit me.

Winning the Championship was my biggest achievement.

It's crazy to call myself as the sexiest woman. I'm like, wow; this is cool. Looking at the past years, I was expecting 5th or 6th position. But standing on the 3rd position was totally unexpected.

It was fantastic to win the title with Leicester.

You know what you have achieved and what you have been through.

I'm appreciating every single bit of success I get, no matter how small.

It's an honour to be a world champion, and it can never be taken away from you.

I've had a lot of accolades throughout my career, but that hasn't really changed me. I know that comes with the winning.