D. B. Sweeney Quotes

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

I don't mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it's got my name on it.

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old!

Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname.

Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.

You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

Rock 'n' roll... but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza.

I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.

I don't ever want it to be about me. A friend of mine told me, 'The difference between fame and notoriety is fame is when people know you, and notoriety is when people know your work.' The first one is not respectable, but the second one is, because that leaves a legacy.

Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star.

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

I lead a unique existence as someone who is famous for being young on film, or young in the minds of everyone.

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

My reputation precedes me now.

It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.

The trouble started when I won the world amateur title in 1980, aged 18. People began talking about me as the next star of the game. But I also started to get recognised more and I wasn't prepared for it.

Nobody knows the man behind Rajesh Khanna, because that never existed. In his last few days, he had told me, 'Pack up, show is over.'

I want to be remembered.

I was really uncomfortable with fame. I mean, it's lovely and flattering, and you enjoy all the razzmatazz and being flown around, but when people suddenly call you a star, you think, 'I'm not a star, I'm just playing a star role.'

It's crazy how it is. I mean, I go from being not known to, you know, being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general.

To me, I can be famous in sports. But to me, I cannot say it means a lot to be famous. Being famous is something I don't like.