Robert Parish Quotes

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

People still look at me as the champion and that's very important to me.

I've established myself as a proper artist. And it's ridiculous when anyone questions my credibility - I've had four number one singles and I've also sold over two and a half million albums. I shouldn't have to convince people that I'm credible, but I'm glad people are now taking me more seriously.

For someone who's had the level of success I've had, there's been very little critical review of my work, which is pretty fascinating.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

I've never been much for the accolades and for the trophies and for the merits because at one time in my life I kind of got bored of all those.

Cristiano deserved to win everything he's won in his career.

I don't want people to talk about how old I am; I want them to talk about what I'm making.

In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

I hope to continue my work, winning championships with my club. The acknowledgement comes naturally for those who deserve it.

I'm proud of my medals. I always was proud of them.

Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive - or praising you after you ain’t.

The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. Our most persistent and spectacular efforts are concerned not with the preservation of what we are but with the building up of an imaginary conception of ourselves in the opinion of others. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter.

It wasn't until the Nobel Prize that they really thawed out. They couldn't understand my books, but they could understand $30,000.

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.

I don't want records. I want a Super Bowl ring.

Any time a little midget does something like this, you gotta give him a 10!.

The fact that I'm getting appreciated and praised alone is a crazy moment because I never thought it would happen.

Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone's achievement.