Cody Rhodes Quotes

I know who I am. I'm a former world champion.

When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'. I thought this is really like looking at another person.

I am proud of what I've done.

I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.

People kept saying, 'You've made it!' and I was like, 'What have I been doing all this time?' I've always felt successful.

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

This is something nobody can take away from me. I'm a world champion. That's a crazy feeling.

Being a Victoria's Secret Angel has really built up my confidence. It's such an exciting thing to be able to do as a model. It's the best thing you can possibly do. It's such a special feeling that it's something so hard to actually describe.

I have done good roles. I feel good about myself.

One minute you're a developing athlete trying to get to the top, then the next minute you do well and win a medal somewhere, and then it's all foisted on you. You never know when it's going to happen. You don't think about the media side of things when you're a young athlete trying to do well.

Having your work honored nationally is a great morale booster.

I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

Being a world champion is something I'm already proud of and can take for the rest of my life.

My mother thinks I'm a national treasure. She's the only one who thinks my Golden Kela award is the greatest gift ever.

I have been a part of this development, so I am very proud of it.

When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found an audience and is critically well received, that's a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don't want it gathering dust at the bottom of someone's DVD collection.

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

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

Even if you overcome a tremendous challenge and feel the personal victory, it's simply not powerful enough. It may activate your left brain, which says, 'I have achieved,' but it will not activate your more social right brain, which desperately desires to say, 'Look, Ma, I did it!'

I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me.

Till this day, people stop me in the supermarket, and they're like, 'Oh, we're so proud of you!'

I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.

I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.