Eniola Aluko Quotes

Receiving my first degree was one of the most important days of my life.

I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't laugh all the way through the ceremony because I felt like an outlaw.

By the time I graduated, I was the drum major, the highest-ranking officer, and third in my class.

Graduation is an important day. It is a significant achievement.

My daughter finished high school the same month I got my master's degree. I'm glad I didn't know when I gave birth to her at 21 what it would cost in terms of time, money and sacrifice to bring her to that graduation day.

Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece.

It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval.

I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.

I still have a 15¢ sticker on the frame of my law degree. It's tainted, so I just leave it in the basement.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

I accomplished something big and that's a memory I will never forget.

The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.

Blacks gave me a standing ovation when they put the cap and gown on me, and that was the proudest I've ever been.

Being the first in my family to go to college, I believe, is my greatest accomplishment. It's not my accomplishment; it's my family's accomplishment.

Til the day I didn't play under-19 World Cup, nobody ever celebrated my birthday. And the moment I played for Indian team, my family got excited and ordered and cut a cake for me in front of 40-50 family members.

'Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my first record is the cherry on top of a chapter in my life I'll never forget.

I had two parents who were doctors, and my mom was valedictorian in multiple classes.

Mum eventually graduated with a City & Guilds certificate that hung proudly on our living room wall throughout my childhood.

My mum and dad pushed me to work hard in my earlier years in education.

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

Obviously my feelings for Portland are quite special because that's where I obtained one of my greatest career satisfactions; like the first love, you never forget the first win!

Even if I won so many titles, the first title is not forgotten.

Three majors at 28. It's a cool feeling. It really is.