Tituss Burgess Quotes

I don't really see myself as an accomplished person. I just worked hard and got opportunities to do what I love. I've been blessed.

I'm just a girl from Amsterdam. It's a small city. Everybody knows Amsterdam, but it's still a small city. To come from there, to work with Will. i. am... it's like, 'What happened?! What did I do right?'

I was so driven that sometimes you don't recognise all the good things that are happening to you.

Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.

I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond.

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

I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

There is more opportunity for a nobody to become a somebody in Washington than in the whirl-pool of New York.

I don't take anything for granted. I know there are a million and one dudes who are rapping, wishing they were in my shoes.

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.

Every time I have stepped up a level, I wasn't expecting it to happen, but once it did, I just made sure I worked as hard as I possibly could to stay there.

It's cool to be named a Shooting Star and, of course, a big honor. But as to what comes of that, I'm just going to see what comes my way.

Getting recognized and doing shoots and signing on partnerships and signing on deals, that's all great, and I'm so appreciative of that, but it's more the reward that's the most satisfying. I know the importance of working hard, and I appreciate pretty much everything that has come my way; I don't take any of it for granted.

It's really the city of Detroit that I owe the thanks to and all the people along the way, so many people that played a role in my success in giving me the dreams and aspirations to go to college and do the things that I did.

Juve have allowed me to show my worth, it has provided me with a challenge that has motivated me.

If I play at a really high level, opportunities will come my way.

Daniel Boulud told me at a young age, 'Whatever happens to you in your career, you're going to be great - be humble. Just be humble.' And I think about that daily. Like, whatever happens to me, whatever awards we win as a team or whatever else, just be humble.

So basketball has always taken me places that I could have never imagined.

I've never been a guy to sit back and look at all my trophies and look at all my awards; that's not me.

I've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.

Make your mark in New York and you are a made man.

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.

Honestly, it's very satisfying, and I'm very, very happy about how successful the last few years have been... It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying now.