Ray Combs Quotes

It feels good to have your work respected again.

It's not even necessarily the will or want to win. It's the shame and embarrassment of losing.

Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.

Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.

It was very cool to be honored and be acknowledged in that way for the first time ever, being nominated for an Emmy.

I get really very upset when I'm voted out, and I feel very disappointed.

Everybody wants recognition, but we can't all get it.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.

I have pride, and my pride won't allow me to accept losing by 30 points four games in a row.

Nobody likes to lose 3-0.

It's very rewarding to know that people respect what you do.

I'm very proud of my dad.

When the best manager in the world says you're one of his favourite players, you act like it's nothing, but you still can't help but have a smile on your lips.

You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.

I'm told sometimes I look like Goldie Hawn, and I get chuffed about that.

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.

I'm respected, I'm still working, what more could I ask?

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn't in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed.

When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her congratulations and whatnot and she let me hold her BRIT. That was amazing - once I'd touched one for the first time, I said 'This cannot be the last time I touch a BRIT.'