Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.

I'm so grateful for everything that's happened. I love my work. People have such hurdles - I just wanted to perform, and I wanted my parents to be proud, and they were proud.

I couldn't imagine my life being any more successful than it is now.

Sometimes I feel like crying, tears of happiness, tears of joy, to see the distance we've come and the progress we've made.

The best feeling in the world for me is when my parents say they are proud of me; I just want to give them all the happiness that they deserve.

I know that my parents are proud of me.

When my son was just a kid, I remember him going for a running race at school and winning and coming to hug me. I realized my heart was absolutely full of joy, there was no space left.

If you succeed in doing something good for the people, it gives you a great sense of satisfaction.

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

I've been working so hard for the past eight years and I'm tired - but I'm also deliciously tired because what a wonderful life I've lived.

There have been great things that happened to me.

I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

I am happy with what I've done.

I'm happy with what I've achieved.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

They got a great performance from me. I was happy.

I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.

I always choose to remember the moment that was the best of Jeanne Cooper - those photos where she's in that wild dress triumphantly hoisting up the Emmy the night she finally won the damn thing. She was so proud, so happy.

I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable.

I believe the relationships and emotions you experience when you have success are the things that last forever.

It's been a terrific life.

To have this gold medal around my neck is an indescribable feeling. I'm the happiest person right now.